Carmelite
King James Dictionary [1]
CARMELITE, a. Belonging to the order of Carmelites.
CARMELITE, n. from Mount Carmel.
1. A mendicant friar. The Carmelites have four tribes, and they have now thirty-eight provinces, besides the congregation in Mantua, in which are fifty-four monasteries, under a vicar general, and the congregations of barefooted Carmelites in Italy and Spain. They wear a scapulary, or small woolen habit, of a brown color, thrown over the shoulders. 2. A sort of pear.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (n.) A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.
(2): (a.) Alt. of Carmelin
(3): (n.) A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
kar´mel -ı̄t ( כּרמלי , karmelı̄ ; Καρμήλιος , Karmḗlios , Καρμηλίτης , Karmēlı́tēs ): A native of the Judean Carmel. Those who are Thus named are Nabal, the husband of Abigail ( 1 Samuel 30:5 , etc.), and Hezro (the King James Version Hezrai), one of David's mighty men ( 2 Samuel 23:35 ). In 2 Samuel 3:3 Septuagint reads tḗs Abigaı́as tḗs Karmēlı́as , "of Abigail the Carmelitess" ( 1 Samuel 27:3; 1 Chronicles 3:1 ). See following article, Carmelitess .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(Hebrews Karmeli', כִּרְמְלִי ), the designation of Nabal (Sept. Καρμηλιος, 1 Samuel 27:3; 1 Samuel 30:5; 2 Samuel 2:2) and his wife Abigail (Sept. Καρμηλία, A. V. "Carmelitess," 2 Samuel 3:3; 1 Chronicles 3:1); as also of one of David's warriors, Hezrai (Sept. Καρμήλιος, 2 Samuel 23:35) or Hezro (Sept. Καρμωδί, 1 Chronicles 11:37); doubtless as being inhabitants of CARMEL (See Carmel) (q.v.) in Judah ( Joshua 15:55).
