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discalced

discalced

1 9.9
Without shoes and often wearing only sandals to show they are humble
  • adjective
  • /dɪsˈkælst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : descalzo
  • As a discalced monk, he followed the tradition of walking barefoot to embrace a life of austerity.
  • Discalced Carmelites
  • Discalced Carmelite
  • Discalced Carmelite convent

Examples

  • In 1660, he left the Oratorians to join the Discalced Carmelites in Naples.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Anna was equally adamant that her convent should serve only a community of Discalced Carmelite nuns under the supervision of priests of the same order.

    Academic text (1994)

  • This changed when he looked upon a contingent of Discalced Carmelites, smug in their brown-and-white habits.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • This work was carried out under the supervision of Father Giovanni Angelo di San Timoteo of the Discalced Carmelites.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and the Holy Mother St. Teresa welcomes you to our website.

    Blog text (14)

  • Romanelli's Ecstasy of Saint Teresa depicts the mystic and founder of the Discalced Carmelites interrupted in her writing by a vision.

    Academic text (1994)

  • When Anna had first decided to found a convent, she had approached the Father General and Definitor of the Discalced Carmelites, Paolo Simone di Giesu Maria, requesting that the order accept the rule of the new community.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Furthermore, Anna was particularly devoted to Saint Teresa of Avila, founder of the order of Discalced Carmelites, to which Anna's two sisters, Ippolita and Vittoria, belonged.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The monks lived simply as discalced members of their religious order, emphasizing humility through their bare feet.

  • Being discalced symbolizes a dedication to their faith, representing spiritual humility in their daily lives.

Synonyms

shoeless
vsdiscalced
4 1.7

Having nothing on the feet

signifies religious humility or austerity rather than mere lack of footwear
sandaled
vsdiscalced
1 2.6

Wearing sandals on your feet

is used for religious members as a sign of humility or austerity
unshod
vsdiscalced
  • Archaic
1 8.6

A person or animal that is not wearing shoes, like a horse without horseshoes

is specifically used for religious members to show humility or austerity
barefooted
vsdiscalced
1 1.5

With no shoes on your feet

applies to religious members to show humility or austerity
discalceate
vsdiscalced
  • Archaic
9.9

Members of some religious orders who are barefoot, sometimes wearing only sandals to show humility and sometimes poverty

emphasizes austerity and humility rather than mainly poverty
unshoed
vsdiscalced
9.1

Not wearing shoes, especially said about animals like horses

applies to religious members as a sign of humility or austerity, not animals

Antonyms

calced
  • Jargon
9.9

Wearing shoes in some religious groups instead of going barefoot

How Barefoot

barefoot
72 1.1
discalced
  • Specialized
1 9.9
sandaled
1 2.6
shod
1 7.2

Surface Forms

discalced positive

Morphology

discalced = dis + calce + ed

Although the prefix 'dis-' indicates negation, the root 'calce' (relating to shoes) is not a productive or familiar English base to most learners, so the meaning 'without shoes' is not reliably derivable.

Etymology

The word discalced comes from Latin parts dis- 'not' and calceus 'shoe'. It literally means 'not wearing shoes', so it describes religious people who go barefoot or wear only sandals as a sign of humility.