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Carmelite
Pronunciation : Car"mel*ite
Part of Speech : Car"mel*in
Definition : Defn: Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.
a.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Car"mel*ite
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.
2. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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