Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Barefoot or wearing sandals. Used of certain religious orders.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without shoes; unshod; barefooted: specifically applied to a branch of the Carmelite monks known as Discalceati (the barefooted).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Unshod; barefooted; -- in distinction from
calced .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
shoeless ;barefoot ; without shoes on; wearingsandals rather than shoes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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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.
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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.
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Father Altier, a diocesan priest, but also a Carmelite Tertiary, was discalced.
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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.
12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004 John 2003
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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
The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927
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A discalced Franciscan nun; born 1602; died 24 May, 1665.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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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
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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[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
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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.
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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.
sionnach commented on the word discalced
Those poor Carmelites. Didn't someone write an opera about their conversations for the ages?
April 30, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word discalced
When you walk in a garden you don't need shoes. You are well heeled (healed)
April 30, 2008
bilby commented on the word discalced
Handel composed Carmelite Vespers in 1707. I remember other bits of Handel that mentioned the Carmelites, maybe in the Dixit Dominus stuff?
April 30, 2008
sionnach commented on the word discalced
Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites.
April 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word discalced
And here I thought they just needed calcium supplements.
April 30, 2008