Carmelite

Carmelite

See also: carmélite

English

Etymology

Carmel +‎ -ite

Noun

Carmelite (plural Carmelites)

1. A member of the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Catholic religious order focusing on contemplative prayer and the Virgin Mary.

   Synonym: white friar

2. A variety of pear.
3. (now historical) A type of fine woolen material.
   • 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 14:

     [A]mong her dresses, was one of a fashionable Carmelite, a rich purple brown […] .

Derived terms

• Carmelitic

Translations

member of a certain Catholic religious order

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