Carmelite noun & adjective. ['kɑ:mɪlʌɪt] LME.
[French carmélite or medieval Latin Carmelita (cf. late Latin carmelites inhabitant of Mount Carmel, Palestine): see -ITE¹.]
A. noun.
1. A member of an order of mendicant friars (also known as the White Friars), founded at Mount Carmel in the 12th cent. Also, a nun of an order modelled on the White Friars. LME.

2. (Also carmelite.) A fine usu. grey woollen material. E19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Carmelites. E16.
Also
■ Carme noun & adjective LME-L18.

■ Carmelitan noun & adjective L16-M18.

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