Carmelite vs. Tertiary — What's the Difference?

Member of the Carmelite Order.

Lives a secular life.

Living in a Carmelite monastery.

Layperson in the third order.

Following the tradition of Mount Carmel.

Tertiary ( TUR-shə-ree, TUR-shee-err-ee) is a widely used but obsolete term for the geologic period from 66 million to 2.6 million years ago. The period began with the demise of the non-avian dinosaurs in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, at the start of the Cenozoic Era, and extended to the beginning of the Quaternary glaciation at the end of the Pliocene Epoch.

Associated with contemplative life.

Third in place, order, degree, or rank.

Adhering to the rule of Saint Albert.

Of, relating to, or designating the short flight feathers nearest the body on the rear edge of a bird's wing.

A monk or mendicant friar belonging to the Roman Catholic order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, founded in 1155. Also called White Friar.

Of, relating to, or having a carbon atom that is attached to three other carbon atoms in a molecule.

A member of a community of nuns of this order, founded in 1452.

Of or relating to the replacement of three of several atoms or groups in a compound, such as an amine in which three valences of the functional group are taken by carbon atoms.

Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.

Of or relating to salts of acids containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms.

A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.

Tertiary Of, relating to, or being the period of geologic time from about 66 to about 2.6 million years ago, the older of the two periods of the Cenozoic Era. The Tertiary Period is characterized by the appearance of modern flora, insects, fish, amphibians, and reptiles, and by the dominance of mammals as vertebrate life forms on land. See Table at geologic time.

A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.

A tertiary feather.

A Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers

Tertiary The Tertiary Period.

Of or relating to the Carmelite friars;

Roman Catholic Church A member of a religious Third Order.

Of third rank or order; subsequent.

(chemistry) Possessing some quality in the third degree; especially having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals.

(ornithology) Of quills: growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial.

Any item considered to be of third order.

A tertiary colour.

(geology) Something from the Tertiary Period (the former term for the geologic period from 65 million to 2.58 million years ago).

(ornithology) A tertiary feather; a tertial.

(military) A large stage in some extremely powerful thermonuclear weapons (resembling a greatly-enlarged secondary) which is compressed by the explosion of the secondary until ignition of nuclear fusion takes place, in much the same manner as the secondary is imploded by the primary, and which can allow for the attainment of yields of many tens or even hundreds of megatons, and likely even greater; not used in modern weapons due to a greater focus on the accurate use of sub-megaton weapons, the tremendous size of weapons incorporating a tertiary, and the lack of targets whose destruction would necessitate the use of a three-stage weapon.

(Roman Catholicism) A member of a Roman Catholic third order; a layperson who participates in activities similar to those engaged in by men and women who take religious vows (respectively the first and second orders), and who may wear some elements of an order's habit such as a scapular.

Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word.

Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary, and Secondary.

Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.

Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; - said of quills.

A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third.

The Tertiary era, period, or formation.

One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

From 63 million to 2 million years ago

Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

Affiliated with a religious order.

Participates in order’s mission.

Adopts the spirituality of the order.

It originated in the 12th century on Mount Carmel in Israel.

A layperson affiliated with a religious order's third order.

Yes, they take solemn vows.

Yes, tertiaries can be affiliated with various religious orders.

They primarily focus on prayer and contemplation, with some involved in ministry.

No, they live secular lives while following religious practices.

Tertiaries do not take solemn vows.

Yes, including the Discalced Carmelites.

A member of the Carmelite Order, focused on contemplative life.

Through prayer, community service, and integrating spirituality into daily life.

They usually do not have a formal habit, unlike fully professed members.

Yes, they often have their own communities and meetings.

Yes, tertiaries often have families and secular jobs.

Interior prayer and union with God.

Yes, it involves a cloistered, contemplative way of life.