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Meaning of 'carmelite' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Carmelite [ a.]
- Alt. of Carmelin
2 . Carmelite [ 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.
- A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.

Meaning of 'carmelite' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . carmelite [ a]
Meaning (1):
- of or relating to the Carmelite friars
Example in sentence:
  • Carmelite monasteries

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