Carmelite

Car·mel·ite  (kärm-lt)

n.

1. A monk or mendicant friar belonging to the order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, founded in 1155. Also called White Friar.

2. A member of a community of nuns of this order, founded in 1452.

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Carmel·ite adj.

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Carmelite

Noun

a Christian friar or nun belonging to the order of Our Lady of Carmel

Adjective

of this order [after Mount Carmel, in Palestine, where the order was founded]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Carmelite - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers White Friar Carmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel - a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century friar, mendicant - a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
Adj.	1.	Carmelite - of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite monasteries"