- a mendicant friar belonging to a religious order founded at Mt. Carmel, Palestine, in the 12th century; White Friar.
- a nun belonging to this order.
- of or relating to Carmelites or their order.
- a member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154; a White Friar
- a member of a corresponding order of nuns founded in 1452, noted for its austere rule
- of or relating to the Carmelite friars or nuns
