carmelite

Speech parts

1. carmelite - Noun

2. carmelite - Adjective

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

white friar brown friar brunette discalced mendicant wetbacks

Hypernyms

friar mendicant

Phrases with the word

carmelite convent

Examples

Those 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

Close letter words and terms

Carmel-by-the-Sea Carmeleno carmelin carmelite convent Carmelite order Carmelitess