Found 2 items, similar to carmelite.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Carmelite Carmelite adj : of or relating to the Carmelite friars; “Carmelite monasteries” n : a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers [syn: White Friar]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Carmelite Carmelite \Car"mel*ite\, Carmelin \Car"mel*in\ a. Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites. [1913 Webster] 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]