Carmelite

See also: carmélite

English

Etymology

From Carmel +‎ -ite.

Noun

Carmelite (plural Carmelites)

1. A member of the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Catholic religious order focusing on contemplative prayer and the Virgin Mary.

   Synonym: white friar

2. A variety of pear.
3. (now historical) A type of fine woolen material.
   • 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 14:

     [A]mong her dresses, was one of a fashionable Carmelite, a rich purple brown […] .

Derived terms

• Carmelitic

Translations

member of a certain Catholic religious order

• Basque: karmeldar
• Czech: karmelitán m
• Finnish: karmeliitta (fi)
• French: carme (fr) m, carmélite (fr) f
• German: Karmelit m, Karmelitin f
• Hungarian: karmelita (hu)
• Italian: carmelitano (it) m, carmelitana f
• Polish: karmelita (pl) m, karmelitanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: carmelita (pt) m or f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кармели́ћанин m, кармели́ћа̄нка f

  Roman: karmelíćanin m, karmelíćānka f

• Spanish: carmelita m or f, carmelitano (es) m, carmelitana (es) f
• Welsh: Carmeliad m, brawd gwyn m

Adjective

Carmelite (not comparable)

1. (Catholicism) Of or related to the Carmelites.

Translations

Of or related to the Carmelites

• Welsh: Carmelaidd