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Carmelite

[ US /ˈkɑɹməˌɫaɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to the Carmelite friars
    Carmelite monasteries

How To Use Carmelite In A Sentence

  • Beyond the Carmelite house, nearer Leith, stood the preceptory of St. Anthony, the only house of that order in Scotland. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
  • You may be familiar with famous names of aux such as Carmelite Water, Florida Water, Eau de Cologne, Hungary Waters, and others. Archive 2007-04-01
  • When the moment finally comes for our brothers to definitively commit themselves to the Lord as a Discalced Carmelite it is both the culmination of years of prayer, preparation and discernment and a new and wonderful beginning of a life lived for God alone.
  • Thérèse had been the adored baby of her family, instructed every day by two elder sisters who proceeded her into the Carmelite convent in Lisieux.
  • St. John of the Cross 'solemnity is celebrated today by the Discalced Carmelites. 12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004
  • Carmelite monasteries
  • Rue des Carmes, whose name recalls the Carmelite monastery founded by The Story of Paris
  • In a small dome-like cavity, hollowed out of the roof of this passage, hung a large bell; and in a cell opening from the side of the passage immediately beneath the dome, dwelt an old nun, who, for some dreadful misdeed committed in her youth, had voluntarily consigned herself to the convent of the Carmelites, and, having passed through the ordeal of the chamber of penitence, had accepted the office of sextoness in that department of the establishment. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf
  • From the 2d nocturn in the old Carmelite breviary: 29 December -- St Thomas of Canterbury
  • After some time spent as infirmarian she was elected prioress for life (1473), and became by her splendid example the model of a true Carmelite nun, and, in a sense, the foundress of this branch of the order. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
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