Carmelite (friar or nun)

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• Carmelite — ► NOUN ▪ a friar or nun of an order founded at Mount Carmel in NW Israel during the Crusades (c.1154). ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to the Carmelites …   English terms dictionary

• Carmelite — [ kα:məlʌɪt] noun a friar or nun of an order founded at Mount Carmel during the Crusades. adjective relating to the Carmelites …   English new terms dictionary

• Carmelite — Car mel*ite, n. 1. (Eccl. Hist.) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Carmelite — [kär′mə līt΄] n. [Fr < ML Carmelita < LL(Ec) Carmelites, inhabitant of CARMEL Mount] 1. a mendicant friar of the order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, founded in Syria about 1160 2. a nun of this order adj. of this order …   English World dictionary

• Carmelite — /kahr meuh luyt /, n. 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. adj. 3. of or pertaining to Carmelites or their order. [1400 50; late… …   Universalium

• Nun — For other uses, see Nun (disambiguation). Nun in cloister, 1930; photography by Doris Ulmann A nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life.[1] She may be an ascetic who volunta …   Wikipedia

• Carmelite — n. & adj. n. 1 a friar of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, following a rule of extreme asceticism. 2 a nun of a similar order. adj. of or relating to the Carmelites. Etymology: F Carmelite or med.L carmelita f. Mt. Carmel in Palestine,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Carmelite — /ˈkaməlaɪt/ (say kahmuhluyt) noun Roman Catholic Church 1. a mendicant friar belonging to a religious order founded on Mount Carmel in the 12th century; a White Friar. 2. a nun belonging to this order. {Late Latin Carmēlītēs, from Greek… …  

• Carmelite — Car•mel•ite [[t]ˈkɑr məˌlaɪt[/t]] n. 1) rel a mendicant friar belonging to a religious order founded at Mt. Carmel, Palestine, in the 12th century 2) rel a nun belonging to this order 3) rel of or pertaining to Carmelites or their order •… …   From formal English to slang

• The Carmelite Order —     The Carmelite Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carmelite Order     One of the mendicant orders.     Origin     The date of the foundation of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been under discussion from the fourteenth century to …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Carmelites — Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel Abbreviation Order of Carmelites (O.Carm.) Motto Zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo exercituu …   Wikipedia