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Definition of Carmelite order
1. Noun. A Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century.
Generic synonyms: Monastic Order, Order
Member holonyms: Carmelite, White Friar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carmelite Order
Literary usage of Carmelite order
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... and later to have become an itinerant preacher until he entered the Carmelite
Order which had just come to England. According to the same tradition he ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"So early as the 4th century Christian hermits began to settle here, and in 1207
the Carmelite order was organized. The monastery, founded at the fountain of ..."
3. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1915)
"Best, Father Dionysius Fs. General Superior of Carmelite order in US Philadelphia,
b. 1862. d. Ap 26 Beste H: Merchant, Summit, NJ b. ..."
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