CARMELITES
\kˈɑːmɪlˌa͡ɪts], \kˈɑːmɪlˌaɪts], \k_ˈɑː_m_ɪ_l_ˌaɪ_t_s]\
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Hermits gathered for safety in the twelfth century to Mount C. Albert, Patriarch of Jerusalem, gave them rules, confirmed by Honorius III., a.d. 1224. They left the Holy Land after peace between Frederick II. and the Saracens. See Mendicant Orders.
By Henry Percy Smith
