a. and sb. Obs. rare. [a. OFr. carmelin, ad. L. carmelīn-us.] = CARMELITE. Hence also Carmeliness rare.
1631. Weever, Anc. Fun. Mon., 139. There were likewise Carmelin or Carmelinesse Nunnes here in England.
1655. trans. Sorel’s Com. Hist. Francion, VI. 14. Your Teeth which are not one of them taken out of the Carmelins shop, do seem to be made of the Shoeing Horn of some great Prince.
