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Webster 1913 Edition
Carmelite
Car′mel-ite
,Noun.
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.
Definition 2024
Carmelite
Carmelite
See also: carmélite
English
Noun
Carmelite (plural Carmelites)
- A member of the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Catholic religious order focusing on contemplative prayer and the Virgin Mary.