carmelite order

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   a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century

   SynonymsOrder of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

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Questions about carmelite order

What does carmelite order mean?

carmelite order means "a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century".

What is another word for carmelite order?

Close synonyms include Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carmelite order a common word?

carmelite order is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.