Carmelite
Carmelite
Definition
Car·mel·ite (kär′mə līt′)
noun
- a mendicant friar of the order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, founded in Syria about 1160
- a nun of this order
Etymology: Fr < ML Carmelita < LL(Ec) Carmelites, inhabitant of Mount Carmel
adjective
of this order
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