Carmelite

/ˌkɑrməˈlaɪt/

Other forms: Carmelites

Definitions of Carmelite

1. noun

   a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
   synonyms: White Friar

   type of:

   friar, mendicant

   a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
2. adjective

   of or relating to the Carmelite friars
   “Carmelite monasteries”