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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Barefoot or wearing sandals. Used of certain religious orders.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Without shoes; unshod; barefooted: specifically applied to a branch of the Carmelite monks known as Discalceati (the barefooted).

Wiktionary

  1. adj. shoeless; barefoot; without shoes on; wearing sandals rather than shoes.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Unshod; barefooted; -- in distinction from calced.

WordNet 3.0

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

Etymologies

  1. From Latin discalceātus : dis-, dis- + calceātus, shod (from calceus, shoe, from calx, calc-, heel). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • reesetee And here I thought they just needed calcium supplements. Apr 30, 2008

  • sionnach Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites. Apr 30, 2008

  • bilby Handel composed Carmelite Vespers in 1707. I remember other bits of Handel that mentioned the Carmelites, maybe in the Dixit Dominus stuff? Apr 30, 2008

  • fbharjo When you walk in a garden you don't need shoes. You are well heeled (healed) Apr 30, 2008

  • sionnach Those poor Carmelites. Didn't someone write an opera about their conversations for the ages? Apr 30, 2008

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