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CARMELITES

"CARMELITES" is a plural of: carmelite.

Date "CARMELITES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)


Specialty Definition: CARMELITES

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Literature

Carmelites (3 syl.). An order of mendicant friars of Mount Carmel, the monastery of which is named Elias, from Elijah the prophet, who on Mount Carmel told Ahab that rain was at hand. Also called White Friars, from their white cloaks. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: CARMELITES

English words defined with "CARMELITES": CarmelinMendicant orders. (references)
Specialty definitions using "CARMELITES": Begging HermitsFriarsGrey FriarsMendicantsWhite Friars. (references)

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Modern Usage: CARMELITES

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Movie/TV Titles

Dialogues of the Carmelites (1984)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: CARMELITES

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Books

  • To Quell the Terror: The Mystery of the Vocation of the Sixteen Carmelites of Compiegne Guillotined July 17, 1794 (reference)

  • Carmel in America : a centennial history of the Discalced Carmelites in the United States (reference)

  • Drink of the Stream: Prayers of Carmelites (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Poulenc - Dialogues of the Carmelites / Bonynge, Sutherland, Buchanan, Begg, Opera Australia (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: CARMELITES

"CARMELITES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CARMELITES" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%1687,710

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: CARMELITES

Expression using "CARMELITES": d White Friars or Carmelites. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CARMELITES

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

carmelites

41

carmelites discalced

15

carmelites order third

5

carmelites lay

4

carmelites secular

2

dialogue of the carmelites

2

carmelites indianapolis

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Bible Trace: CARMELITES

LanguageDateSource1 Chronicles Chapter 11, Verse 37
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintHserai o carmali naarai uioV azwbai
Latin405VulgateAsrai Carmelites Noorai filius Azbi
Jacobean English1611King JamesHezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
Victorian English1833WebsterHezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
Basic English1964OgdenHezro the Carmelite, Naarai, the son of Ezbai,

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: CARMELITES

Language1 Chronicles Chapter 11, Verse 37
CebuanoSi Hesro nga Carmilhanon, si Nahari anak nga lalake ni Esbai,
Chinese迦 密 人 希 斯 羅 、 伊 斯 拜 的 ' 子 拿 萊 、
CroatianHesro Karmelac, Ezbajev sin Naaraj;
DanishHezro fra Karmel; Na'araj, Ezbajs Søn;
DutchHezro, de Karmeliet; Naari, de zoon van Ezbai;
Finnishkarmelilainen Hesro; Naarai, Esbain poika;
FrenchHetsro, de Carmel. Naaraï, fils d`Ezbaï.
GermanHezro, der Karmeliter; Naerai, der Sohn Asbais;
Haitian CreoleEzwo, moun lavil Kamèl, Narayi, pitit gason Esbayi,
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamadan Hezro, orang Karmeli, dan Naharai bin Ezbai,
ItalianChezro del Carmelo, Naarai figlio di Ezbai,
Korean갈 멜 사 람 헤 스 로 와 에 스 배 의 아 " 나 아 래 와
MaoriKo Hetero Karameri, ko Naarai tama a Etepai;
Norwegiankarmelitten Hesro; Na'arai, sønn av Esbai;
PortugueseHezro, o carmelita; , Naarai, filho de Ebzai;   
RumanianHeyro, din Carmel. Naarai, fiul lui Ezbai.
RussianиЕ"ТПК лБТНЙМЙФСОЙО; оББТБК, УЩО еЪ'БС;
SpanishHezro, de Carmel; Naarai hijo de Ezbai;
SwedishHesro från Karmel; Naarai, Esbais son;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: CARMELITES

Misspellings

"CARMELITES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: carmalite, Carmelita, Carmolito, Carwelti. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: CARMELITES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-m-r-s-t"

-1 letter: cartelise, creamiest, materiels, miscreate, misrelate, timescale.

-2 letters: articles, ateliers, casimere, ceramist, claimers, clearest, clematis, climates, cremates, earliest, emeritas, emirates, lamister, leariest, marliest, marlites, materiel, matrices, mealiest, measlier, metalise, meticals, metrical, miracles, misalter, mistrace, realties, realtime, recitals, reclaims, reclames, reticles, scimetar, sclerite, steamier, sterical, tiercels, treacles, triscele.

-3 letters: aeriest, amerces, armlets, article, atelier, calmest.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-m-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: elastomeric.

 

+2 letters: calorimeters.

 

+3 letters: calorimetries, ceremonialist, credentialism.

 

+4 letters: cephalometries, ceremonialists, cholestyramine, credentialisms, incrementalism, incrementalist, interlacements, intermetallics, laryngectomies, petrochemicals, reacclimatizes, reminiscential, stereochemical.

 

+5 letters: adrenalectomies, cholestyramines, commercialities, complementaries, eclaircissement, electrodynamics, incrementalisms, incrementalists, overcomplicates, semicrystalline, semitranslucent, symmetricalness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CARMELITES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 41 52 4D 45 4C 49 54 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .-    .-.    --    .    .-..    ..    -    .    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01000001 01010010 01001101 01000101 01001100 01001001 01010100 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#65 &#82 &#77 &#69 &#76 &#73 &#84 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0041 0052 004D 0045 004C 0049 0054 0045 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37355247394643543953

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Bible Trace
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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