Car·mel·ite /ˈkɑrməˌlaɪt/
Carmel派的托缽僧(a.)Carmel派的托缽僧的
Car·mel·ite Car·mel·in a. Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.
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Car·mel·ite n.
1. Eccl. Hist. 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.
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Carmelite
adj : of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite
monasteries"
n : a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the
Carmelite order; mendicant preachers [syn: White Friar]