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Carmelitesses

Carmelitesses is the plural of Carmelitess.

Meaning of Carmelitess

Noun

Carmelitess (plural Carmelitesses)

  1. (historical) A woman form Mount Carmel in Judah.
    • Mara was a Carmelitess, a daughter of Eliada, of the tribe of Judah.1826, N. W. Oliver, Sephora: A Hebrew Tale
  2. A Carmelite nun.
    • When she sang, it was with a similar effect for him; when she played, she seemed only to celebrate the perishableness, the nothingness, of the music, and the pleasure it gave rise to: and her dress, which was always handsome and gracefully disposed, seemed ever to be on the verge, like the first...1856, The Beleaguered Hearth, page 21

Questions about Carmelitesses

What is Carmelitesses the plural of?
Carmelitesses is the plural of Carmelitess.

Words near Carmelitesses in the dictionary

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

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