Definitions for Carmelite

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Carmelite Car·mel·ite

Spelling: [kahr-muh-lahyt]

IPA: /ˈkɑr məˌlaɪt/

Carmelite is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 587 anagrams from letters in Carmelite (aceeilmrt).

Definitions for Carmelite

noun

1. a mendicant friar belonging to a religious order founded at Mt. Carmel, Palestine, in the 12th century; White Friar.
2. a nun belonging to this order.

adjective

1. of or relating to Carmelites or their order.

Origin of Carmelite

1400-50; late Middle English Medieval Latin Carmelita, named after Carmel, first seat of the order; see -ite¹

Examples for Carmelite

At that time a sisterhood of Carmelite nuns was driven from France to Antwerp.

The deserted and ancient Carmelite monastery is a feature of this place.

He died in the Carmelite convent at Ludlow, 1474, and was buried at Hereford.

You, at all events, my Olivia, can never become a Carmelite or a Magdalen.

One knew not whom to approach to break the news to the poor Carmelite.

John was sober; the other was eating like a Carmelite and drinking like a Franciscan.

If he belongs to the Carmelite convent, why does he not wear their habit?

What could it be but the letter which the Carmelite had brought?

You are to be carried in a coach to-night to the Convent of the Carmelite Nuns.

The manufactories, one and all, are inaccessible as the interior of a Carmelite convent.