Carmelite
构词拆解
- -ite
- (sometimes derogatory) Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc. · Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a biblical figure.
词源说明
释义
名词noun
- 1A member of the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Catholic religious order focusing on contemplative prayer and the Virgin Mary.
- 2A variety of pear.
- 3now historicalA type of fine woolen material.