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CARMELITE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers

Synonyms:

Carmelite; White Friar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Carmelite" is a kind of...):

friar; mendicant (a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms)

Holonyms ("Carmelite" is a member of...):

Carmelite order; Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century)

Derivation:

Carmelite (of or relating to the Carmelite friars)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Carmelite friars

Example:

Carmelite monasteries

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Carmelite (a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers)

Derivation:

Carmelite (a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers)

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