Definition of Carmelite order

1. Noun. A Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century.

Exact synonyms: Order Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel
Generic synonyms: Monastic Order, Order
Member holonyms: Carmelite, White Friar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carmelite Order

Carlton
Carly
Carlyle
Carlylean
Carmadie
Carman
Carman's sign
Carmarthenshire
Carmathian
Carmathians
Carmatian
Carmatians
Carmel
Carmeleno
Carmelite
Carmelite order (current term)
Carmelites
Carmelitic
Carmen
Carmichael
Carmody
Carmody-Batson operation
Carnac
Carnapian
Carnegie
Carnegie-Mellon University
Carnegiea
Carnegiea gigantea
Carnett
Carnett's sign

Literary usage of Carmelite order

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... and later to have become an itinerant preacher until he entered the Carmelite Order which had just come to England. According to the same tradition he ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"So early as the 4th century Christian hermits began to settle here, and in 1207 the Carmelite order was organized. The monastery, founded at the fountain of ..."

3. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1915)
"Best, Father Dionysius Fs. General Superior of Carmelite order in US Philadelphia, b. 1862. d. Ap 26 Beste H: Merchant, Summit, NJ b. ..."

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