Carmelite
noun
- a mendicant friar of the order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, founded in Syria about 1160
- a nun of this order
See Carmelite in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kärˈmə-lītˌ)
noun- A monk or mendicant friar belonging to the order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, founded in 1155. Also called White Friar.
- A member of a community of nuns of this order, founded in 1452.
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