Carmelite

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Etymology

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From Carmel +‎ -ite.

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Carmelite (plural Carmelites)

  1. A member of the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Catholic religious order focusing on contemplative prayer and the Virgin Mary.
    Synonym: white friar
  2. A variety of pear.
  3. (now historical) A type of fine woolen material.
    • 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 14:
      [A]mong her dresses, was one of a fashionable Carmelite, a rich purple brown [] .

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Carmelite (not comparable)

  1. (Catholicism) Of or related to the Carmelites.

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