Definition of Carmelite

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

Exact synonyms: White Friar
Group relationships: Carmelite Order, Order Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel
Generic synonyms: Friar, Mendicant

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

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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carmelite

Carl Sandburg
Carl Van Doren
Carl von Linne
Carl XVI Gustaf
Carl XVI Gustav
Carl Yastrzemski
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Carman
carman
Carman's sign
carman meniscus sign
Carmelite
Carmelite order
carmen
Carmichael
carminate
carminative
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carminatives
carmine
carmine
carmines
carminic acid
carminomycin 4-O-methyltransferase
carminophil
Carmody

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