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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca