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Definition of Carmelite

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the Carmelite friars. "Carmelite monasteries"

2. Noun. A Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers.

Definition of Carmelite

1. a. Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.

2. 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 Friar.

Definition of Carmelite

1. Noun. A member of the (w Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel), a Catholic religious order focusing on contemplative prayer and the Virgin Mary. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Carmelite

Literary usage of Carmelite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of Ireland by James Roderick O'Flanagan (1870)
"A carmelite Friar. Becomes Bishop of Ossory. Appointment of Justices of the Peace. Dublin, filled the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. ..."

2. Life in Mexico During a Residence of Two Years in that Country (1843)
"Convent of San Joaquin — Mexico in the morning — Tacuba — carmelite Prior — Convent Garden — Hacienda of Los Morales— El Olivar — A ..."

3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1785)
"Vke carmelite, jt Tragedy. Performed at the Theatre Royal,. Drury-lane. By R. Cumberland, Efq. 81/0. is. 6V. t)illy. fT is not uncommon to find a piece ..."

4. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"It is possible thai ihe carmelite might be sincere and virtuous, and yet not calculated to form a character destined to a path in life so difficult as that ..."

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