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Noun: Carmelite  'kaa(r)-mu,lIt
  1. A Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
    - White Friar
Adjective: Carmelite  'kaa(r)-mu,lIt
  1. Of or relating to the Carmelite friars
    "Carmelite monasteries"

Derived forms: Carmelites

Type of: friar, mendicant

Part of: Carmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Encyclopedia: Carmelite