CARMELITE


Meaning of CARMELITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkär-mə-ˌlīt ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin carmelita, from Carmel Mount Carmel, Palestine

Date: 15th century

: a member of the Roman Catholic mendicant Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel founded in the 12th century

• Carmelite adjective

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