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Carmelite order

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Noun1.Carmelite order - a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century
Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
monastic order, order - a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"
Carmelite, White Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers


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In a chapter on "first foundations" she evokes the role of Barbe Acarie and her circle in establishing a French Carmelite order, sloughing off the tutelage of Mother Ana de Jesus and her entourage of Spanish nuns brought to ensure adherence to Saint Teresa's model.
From Penitence to Charity: Pious Women and the Catholic Reformation ... by Adams, Thomas M. / Journal of Social History
It is a compilation of the "past and latest" writings on our newest Doctor of the Church in the form of over 30 articles written by members of the Franciscan and Carmelite Orders as well as other authorities on her teachings.
St. Therese: Doctor of the Little Way, Franciscan Friars of the ... by Catholic Insight
She notes his adaptable association with the Carmelite Order as he moved between claustrum and seculum.
Fra Filippo Lippi the Carmelite Painter. (Reviews) by McKillop, Susan / Renaissance Quarterly
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