Carmelite

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noun

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.

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white friar
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Meanings

nounCarmelite (plural Carmelites)

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.

    Synonyms: white friar

  2. A variety of pear.
  3. historicalA type of fine woolen material.

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

    1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 14
adjectiveCarmelite (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCatholicismOf or related to the Carmelites.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
white friar

More synonyms by meaning

nouna Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers

Similar
White Friar
Broader
friarmendicant
Also see
white friar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Carmel + -ite.

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Translations

Basque karmeldar
  • karmeldarmember of a certain Catholic religious order
Catalan carmelita
  • carmelitamember of a certain Catholic religious order
Czech karmelitán
  • karmelitánmember of a certain Catholic religious order
Finnish karmeliitta
  • karmeliittamember of a certain Catholic religious order
French carme, carmélite
  • carmemember of a certain Catholic religious order
  • carmélitemember of a certain Catholic religious order
German Karmelit, Karmelitin
  • Karmelitmember of a certain Catholic religious order
  • Karmelitinmember of a certain Catholic religious order
Hungarian karmelita
  • karmelitamember of a certain Catholic religious order
Italian carmelitano, carmelitana
  • carmelitanomember of a certain Catholic religious order
  • carmelitanamember of a certain Catholic religious order
Polish karmelita, karmelitanka
  • karmelitamember of a certain Catholic religious order
  • karmelitankamember of a certain Catholic religious order
Portuguese carmelita
  • carmelitamember of a certain Catholic religious order
Spanish carmelita, carmelitano
  • carmelitamember of a certain Catholic religious order
  • carmelitanomember of a certain Catholic religious order
  • carmelitanamember of a certain Catholic religious order
Welsh Carmeliad, brawd gwyn
  • Carmeliadmember of a certain Catholic religious order
  • brawd gwynmember of a certain Catholic religious order
  • CarmelaiddOf or related to the Carmelites

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

climateer
Cite this entry
APA

Carmelite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carmelite

MLA

“Carmelite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carmelite. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Carmelite,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carmelite.

Source: Carmelite on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.