Carmelitess

English Carmelites Etymology From en Carmelite ess<id:female>. Noun en historic A woman form Mount Carmel in Judah. en 1826 Sephora: A Hebrew Tale N. W. Oliver Mara was a Carmelitess, a daughter of Eliada, of the tribe of Judah. en 1847 Travels in the Holy Land William Rae Wilson 60 An embassy took place here when David was united in marriage to a Carmelitess, who at a future period was, with other of her sex, taken captive in a war with the Amalekites.” en 1880 Bibliotheca Sacra - Volume 37 219 In the same Bible we have a character like Deborah, or like the fearless Jael, and we have the sweet simplicity of the daughterly affection and obedience of the Moabitess Ruth, the shrewd intelligence and womanly dignity of the Carmelitess Abigail, and the beautiful faith and fidelity of Hannah. A Carmelite nun. en 1856 The Beleaguered Hearth 21 When she sang, it was with a similar effect for him; when she played, she seemed only to celebrate the perishableness, the nothingness, of the music, and the pleasure it gave rise to: and her dress, which was always handsome and gracefully disposed, seemed ever to be on the verge, like the first disguises of the Columbine in a pantomime, of changing into the attire of a Carmelitess or Poor Clare. en 1888 Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia of Knowledge and Language The order of Carmelitesses, or Carmelite Nuns, was instituted 1452, and is very numerous in Italy. en 1901 The Little Flower of Jesus Saint Thérèse (de Lisieux) Our Mistress of Novices was a true saint, the very type of a primitive Carmelitess.