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Alt. of Carmelin

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  1. a. Alt. of Carmelin
  2. n. 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.
  3. n. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
  4. adj. of or relating to the Carmelite friars
  5. n. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
  6. Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites. 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.
  7. A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of MountCarmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfthcentury; a White Friar.
  8. j:62/n:38 n. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers a. of or relating to the Carmelite friars