Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A monk or mendicant friar belonging to the Roman Catholic order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, founded in 1155.
- noun A member of a community of nuns of this order, founded in 1452.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mendicant friar of the order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
- noun [lowercase] A variety of pear.
- noun [lowercase] A woolen material similar to beige cloth.
- Belonging to the order of Carmelites.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.
- noun (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.
- noun A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a
Catholic religious order focusing oncontemplative prayer and theVirgin Mary .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
- adjective of or relating to the Carmelite friars
Etymologies
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Examples
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But her autobiography became an underground classic when it was circulated in Carmelite convents throughout the world, and demand grew to have it openly published.
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But her autobiography became an underground classic when it was circulated in Carmelite convents throughout the world, and demand grew to have it openly published.
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One of the earliest Aqua Mirabillis recipes, called Carmelite Water it was originally formulated by the nuns in the Carmelite abbey in France circa 1611.
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One of the earliest Aqua Mirabillis recipes, called Carmelite Water it was originally formulated by the nuns in the Carmelite abbey in France circa 1611.
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Everybody, of course, is aware that Professor Joff committed one of his notorious "howlers" when he derived "Carmelite" -- in the street name -- from "Cromwell's Heights."
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Rue des Carmes, whose name recalls the Carmelite monastery founded by
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Louis XVI, who had joined the order as a boy, took his obligations as a lay military "Carmelite" very seriously, and he daily prayed the Office and attended regular meetings.
Military Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Lazarus
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Louis XVI, who had joined the order as a boy, took his obligations as a lay military "Carmelite" very seriously, and he daily prayed the Office and attended regular meetings.
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While I am a fan of many of the Carmelite saints especially all of the Teresas and my mother seems to really appreciate them, I wouldn't consider myself as having a "Carmelite" spirituality.
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You may be familiar with famous names of aux such as Carmelite Water, Florida Water, Eau de Cologne, Hungary Waters, and others.
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