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English
Etymology
From Carmel + -ite.
Noun
Carmelite (plural Carmelites)
- A member of the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Catholic religious order focusing on contemplative prayer and the Virgin Mary.
- Synonym: white friar
- A variety of pear.
- (now historical) A type of fine woolen material.
1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 14:[A]mong her dresses, was one of a fashionable Carmelite, a rich purple brown […] .
Derived terms
Translations
member of a certain Catholic religious order
Adjective
Carmelite (not comparable)
- (Catholicism) Of or related to the Carmelites.
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