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1. (n.) Carmelite
a mendicant friar belonging to a religious order founded at Mt. Carmel, Palestine, in the 12th century.
2. Carmelite
a nun belonging to this order.
3. (adj.) Carmelite
of or pertaining to Carmelites or their order.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < ML Carmelita, after Carmel)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) Carmelite, White Friar
a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
2. (adj) Carmelite
of or relating to the Carmelite friars
"Carmelite monasteries"
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1. (adj) Carmelite
alt. of Carmelin
2. (noun) Carmelite
a friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar
3. (noun) Carmelite
a nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel
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