Definition of "Carmelite"

Carmelite

noun
plural Carmelites
1. A 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.
2. A variety of pear.
3. (now historical) A type of fine woolen material.
  Quotations
  [A]mong her dresses, was one of a fashionable Carmelite, a rich purple brown […] .
  1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 14