Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Eccl.) A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See
Carmelite .
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- noun A
mendicant monk of theCarmelite order .
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- noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the color of the habit.]
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From the white cloaks they wore.
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