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Meaning of CARMELITE

Pronunciation:  'kârmu`lIt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order
  2. [adj]  of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite monasteries"
 
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 Synonyms: White Friar
 
 See Also: friar, mendicant, Roman Catholic

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Car"mel*ite\, Carmelin \Car"mel*in\ a.
    Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.
    
  2. \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.
    
 

 

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