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Carmelite Definition

Car·mel·ite (kär′mə līt′)

noun

  1. a mendicant friar of the order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, founded in Syria about 1160
  2. a nun of this order

Etymology: Fr < ML Carmelita < LL(Ec) Carmelites, inhabitant of Mount Carmel

adjective

of this order

Browse dictionary entries near Carmelite

  1. ‹ Carmel
  2. ‹ Carmarthenshire
  3. ‹ carman
  4. ‹ carmaker
  5. ‹ carmagnole
  6. ‹ Carlyle
  7. ‹ Carlson
  8. ‹ Carlow
  9. ‹ Carlovingian
  10. ‹ Carlotta
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