How to Use Carmelite in a Sentence

Carmelite

noun
  • The origins of Buçaco National Forest date back to 1628, when Carmelite monks built a convent and launched a forest restoration project.
    — Anna Mazurek, AFAR Media, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Designer Pierre-André Weitz’s set uses a lone chandelier to distinguish between the Carmelite convent and the chateau of the de la Force family.
    — Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The Vatican is offering spiritual respite from the world’s turmoil in the Mystic Gardens of Discalced Carmelite order next to Venice’s main train station.
    — ABC News, 9 May 2026
  • So says the priest (Ben Hall) to Sister Agnes (Hayley McFarland), who writhes in a dark room, foaming at the mouth before a gathering of fellow Carmelite nuns.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Pope Leo recently wrote the introduction to a new edition of The Practice of the Presence of God, written by 17th century French Carmelite friar Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection.
    — Martin Scorsese, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Carine Krecké – Losing North Carine Krecké–winner of the Lët'z Arles award 2025–takes over the majestic 17th Century Carmelite Chapelle de la Charité with Losing North, an immersive investigation into the Syrian war.
    — Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025

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