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

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras