Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Barefoot or wearing sandals. Used of certain religious orders.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Without shoes; unshod; barefooted: specifically applied to a branch of the Carmelite monks known as Discalceati (the barefooted).
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Unshod; barefooted; -- in distinction from
calced .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals
Etymologies
- From Latin discalceātus : dis-, dis- + calceātus, shod (from calceus, shoe, from calx, calc-, heel). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In 1614, the new branch known now (as then) as "discalced" were freed from dependence on the general of the order; and in 1622 Pope Gregory XV approved their constitutions.”
“Babies must be snatched from mothers, stinky feet must be discalced, nail files must be confiscated, and all your personal belongings must be strewn about for all to ogle.”
“Father Altier, a diocesan priest, but also a Carmelite Tertiary, was discalced.”
“His day is listed in the calendar as December 14 but as that was a Sunday in Advent, it is transferred to the next day for the Carmelites of the discalced reform.”
“Together they would tramp the English country, compelling even the dullest yokels to hear the word of God ... discalced ... over hill, down dale ... telling stories of the saints and martyrs in remote inns”
“A discalced Franciscan nun; born 1602; died 24 May, 1665.”
“Names of Jesus and Mary, teachers (mother-houses of all the foregoing are in Marseilles); Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus, a teaching order founded in 1832 (mother-house at La Ciotat), discalced”
“[6] Innumerable are the names which might be cited here of religious who have given proofs of the keenest patriotism, defending the islands with the cross in one hand and the sword in the other: Father Agustín de San Pedro, a discalced Augustinian, called "Father Captain" for his prowess against the Mindanao Moros; the no less famous Father Pascual”
“The father-visitor entrusted to him, because he himself was busy, the visitation of several convents of the discalced fathers, in which he acquitted himself with great discretion.”
“The Indians of the province of Caraga, which is in one of these Philipinas Islands, rebelled and killed the Spaniards and the religious, their ministers (although not for any cause connected with the faith); these are discalced Augustinian friars.”
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Tweets
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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