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Discalced

//dɪsˈkælst// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes. not-comparable

    "Brother John is a member of the Discalced Carmelites."

  2. 2
    Shoeless; without shoes on; barefoot, or wearing sandals rather than shoes. broadly, formal, not-comparable

    "They were discalced to a man like pilgrims of some common order for all their shoes were long since stolen."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin discalceātus (“barefoot”) + -ed, rendering French déchaussé. By surface analysis, dis- + calced.

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