Carmel
a range of hills in Palesof hills in Palesdraelon to the Mediterranean, and termi- CARMELITE nating in a steep promontory on the S. of the Bay of Acre. It has a length of about 16 miles, and its highest point is 1,850 feet above the sea. Knights of Mount Carmel, an order of 100 knights, each of whom could prove at least four descents of nobility by both father and mother, instituted by Henry IV. of France.