CARMELITE ORDER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century

Synonyms:

Carmelite order; Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Carmelite order" is a kind of...):

monastic order; order (a group of person living under a religious rule)

Meronyms (members of "Carmelite order"):

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

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