sb. and a. Obs. Also 4 karme. [a. F. carme:—Carmel.] = CARMELITE.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., III. 353. Carmes seien þat þei weren bifore þe tyme þat Crist was born.
c. 1394. P. Pl. Crede, 340. Two frere karmes wiþ a full coppe.
1479. Will of Stoughton (Somerset Ho.). Freres mynors, freres carmes.
1535. Compl. too late Maryed (N.). A grey friar, Jacobin, or a Carm.
1631. Weever, Anc. Fun. Mon., 139. This Order of Carmes, or Carmelites.
1797. Archaeol., XIII. 272. Discalced Carmes at Tongres.
