CARMELITE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Carmelite mean?
• CARMELITE (noun)
The noun CARMELITE has 1 sense:
1. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
Familiarity information: CARMELITE used as a noun is very rare.
• CARMELITE (adjective)
The adjective CARMELITE has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the Carmelite friars
Familiarity information: CARMELITE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CARMELITE (noun)
Meaning:
A Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Carmelite; White Friar
Hypernyms ("Carmelite" is a kind of...):
friar; mendicant (a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms)
Holonyms ("Carmelite" is a member of...):
Carmelite order; Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century)
• CARMELITE (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to the Carmelite friars
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
Carmelite monasteries
Pertainym:
Carmelite (a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers)
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