carmelite

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carmelite - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Carmelite \Car"mel*ite\, Carmelin \Car"mel*in\ a.
     Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.
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  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.
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     2. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
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carmelite - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Carmelite
      adj 1: of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite
             monasteries"
      n 1: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the
           Carmelite order; mendicant preachers [syn: Carmelite,
           White Friar]