Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Carmelite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carmelite \Car"mel*ite\, Carmelin \Car"mel*in\ a.
Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carmelite \Car"mel*ite\, n.
1. (Eccl. Hist.) 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.
2. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Carmelite
adj : of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite
monasteries" [syn: {Carmelite}]
n : a Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite
order [syn: {Carmelite}, {White Friar}]
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