'Carmelite' definitions:
Definition of 'Carmelite'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite monasteries"
noun
A Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers [syn: Carmelite, White Friar]
Definition of 'Carmelite'
From: GCIDE
- Carmelite \Car"mel*ite\, Carmelin \Car"mel*in\ a. Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Carmelite'
From: GCIDE
- Carmelite \Car"mel*ite\, n.
- 1. (Eccl. Hist.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel. [1913 Webster]