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carmelite::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | white friar |
| Type of | friar, mendicant |
carmelite:: | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of carmelite
carmelite
Carmelite monks are consecrated to God through the vows of obedience, chastity, and poverty.
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- A Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
- Of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite monasteries"
- The Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel or Carmelites (sometimes simply Carmel by synecdoche; Latin: Ordo Fratrum Beatissimu00E6 Virginis Mariu00E6 de Monte Carmelo) is a Roman Catholic religious order founded, probably in the 12th century, on Mount Carmel, hence the name Carmelites. However, historical records about its origin remain uncertain...
- (The Carmelites) A mendicant order founded as a hermit in the Holy Land c.1200, the unstable conditions of the thirteenth century forced them to migrate to Europe. ...
- Order of mendicant friars originally founded in Palestine in the 12th century, then reformed in Europe in the 13th century after the failure of the Crusades; also known as the White Friars
- Reddish plum. (1872)
