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noun
1.
a mendicant friar belonging to a religious order founded at Mt. Carmel, Palestine, in the 12th century; White Friar.
2.
a nun belonging to this order.
adjective
3.
of or pertaining to Carmelites or their order.
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Carmelite
c.1500, from L. Carmelites, member of an order of mendicant friars (White Friars) founded 12c. by Berthold of Calabria on Mount Carmel in northwest Israel, from Heb. karmel, lit. "garden, fertile land."
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