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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Carmelite

/kär'-məl-ītˌ/ · Car·mel·ite · IPA /kˈɑrməlˌaɪt/
01 a. Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.
02 n. 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…
  1. 1.
    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.(Eccl. Hist.)
  2. 2.
    A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.