NOUN | person | White Friar, Carmelite | a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order |
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Meaning | A Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers. | |
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Synonym | Carmelite | |
Member of | Carmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | A Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century |
Broader | friar, mendicant | A male member of a religious order that originally / originally relied solely on alms |
Spanish | carmelita | |
Catalan | carmelita, carmelità |
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