Main Entry: Car·mel·ite

Pronunciation: \ˈkär-mə-ˌlīt\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin carmelita, from Carmel Mount Carmel, Palestine

Date: 15th century

: a member of the Roman Catholic mendicant Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel founded in the 12th century

— Carmelite adjective