/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 ME Carmelita, named after CARMEL, first seat of the order; see -ITE 1 ]