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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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