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carmelite

N พระ หรือ แม่ชี ที่ สวม เสื้อ ขาว ของ นิกาย คาทอลิก 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CARMELITE

n.[from Mount Carmel. ] 1. A mendicant friar. The Carmelites have four tribes, and they have now thirty-eight provinces, besides the congregation in Mantua, in which are fifty-four monasteries, under a vicar general, and the congregations of barefooted Carmelites in Italy and Spain. They wear a scapulary, or small woolen habit, of a brown color, thrown over the shoulders.
2. A sort of pear.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CARMELITE; CARMELIN

CARMELITE; CARMELIN Car "mel *ite, Car "mel *in a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.

 

CARMELITE

CARMELITE Car "mel *ite, n.

 

1. (Eccl. Hist. )

 

Defn: A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel ) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.

 

2. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Carmelite

Car mel ite |ˈkärməˌlīt ˈkɑrməlaɪt | noun a friar or nun of a contemplative Catholic order founded at Mount Carmel during the Crusades. adjective of or relating to the Carmelites.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Carmelite

Carmelite |ˈkɑːmɪlʌɪt | noun a friar or nun of a contemplative Catholic order founded at Mount Carmel during the Crusades and dedicated to Our Lady. adjective relating to the Carmelites.

 

French Dictionary

carmélite

carmélite n. f. nom féminin Religieuse de l ’ordre du Carmel. Note Typographique Le nom s ’écrit avec une minuscule lorsqu ’il désigne un membre de l ’ordre religieux; quand il désigne l ’ordre religieux, il s ’écrit avec une majuscule. Les Carmélites.