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Carmelites

Carmelites is the plural of Carmelite.

Meaning of Carmelite

Noun

Carmelite (plural Carmelites)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    white friar
  2. A variety of pear.
  3. (historical) A type of fine woolen material.
    • [A]mong her dresses, was one of a fashionable Carmelite, a rich purple brown […].1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 14

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Questions about Carmelites

What is Carmelites the plural of?
Carmelites is the plural of Carmelite.

Words near Carmelites in the dictionary

  1. Carmel Valley
  2. Carmel Valley Village
  3. Carmel-by-the-Sea
  4. Carmeleno
  5. Carmelite
  6. Carmelites
  7. Carmelitess
  8. Carmelitesses
  9. Carmelitic
  10. carmelization
  11. carmelize

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