CARMELITE

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

Carmelite (of or relating to the Carmelite friars)

• CARMELITE (adjective)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

Carmelite (a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers)