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English Dictionary: Carmelite by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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
    Synonym(s): Carmelite, White Friar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Carmelite \Car"mel*ite\, Carmelin \Car"mel*in\ a.
      Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      2. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
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