discalced

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And she would add with a coarse laugh: "Don't you know that the discalced are shod with gold It was after such a scene that the beggar-noble, as they called him at Pontesordo, would steal away to the chapel and, seating himself on an upturned basket or a heap of pumpkins, gaze long into the face of the mournful saint There was nothing unusual in Odo's lot.

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

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  1. From Latin discalceātus : dis-, dis- + calceātus, shod (from calceus, shoe, from calx, calc-, heel).

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  1. from Latin discalceatus, unshod: see discalceate.
 

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/dɪsˈkælst/
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