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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
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
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