Associations to the word «Carmelite»

Wiktionary

CARMELITE, noun. A member of the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Catholic religious order focusing on contemplative prayer and the Virgin Mary.

Dictionary definition

CARMELITE, noun. A Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers.
CARMELITE, adjective. Of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite monasteries".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats