1. carmelite - Noun
2. carmelite - Adjective
Alt. of Carmelin
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.
A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThose who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone. Edith Stein
Your highness is forgetting that I see as clearly in your heart what is going on now as I saw your carriage coming from the Carmelite convent, traversing the town and stopping under the trees fifty paces off from my house. Alessandro Cagliostro
Carmelite monasteries Source: Internet
A Carmelite nun reading in the cell of her Convent. Source: Internet
As a result, a General Chapter of the Carmelite Order was convened at Piacenza in Italy in May 1576, out of concern that events in Spain were getting out of hand, which concluded by ordering the total suppression of the Discalced houses. Source: Internet
At that point she wanted to become a Discalced Carmelite nun, but was dissuaded by her spiritual mentors. Source: Internet