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Discalced

Discalced \Dis*calced"\, a. Unshod; barefooted; -- in distinction from calced. ``The foundation of houses of discalced friars.''
--Cardinal Manning's St. Teresa.

Wiktionary
discalced

a. shoeless; barefoot; without shoes on; wearing sandal rather than shoes.

WordNet
discalced

adj. (used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals; "discalced friars" [syn: discalceate, unshod] [ant: calced]

Wikipedia
Discalced

Discalced is a term applied to those religious congregations of men and women, the members of which go entirely barefoot or wear sandals, with or without other covering for the feet. These congregations are often distinguished on this account from other branches of the same order. The custom of going unshod was introduced into the West by St. Francis of Assisi for men and St. Clare of Assisi for women.

Usage examples of "discalced".

Only during those centuries in Paris when I was a penitent, one of Satan's discalced Children of the Night, during that long slumber only, did I give up my rings.

When they set out in the dawn the headless man was sitting like a murdered anchorite discalced in ashes and sark.