calced en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kælst/ (General-American)
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- /kalst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
A back-formation from discalced, with reference to Latin calceus (“calceus, footwear”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable, rare) Synonym of shod, wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) religious orders that do not eschew normal footwear.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:calced.
In Ireland there appear to be seven or eight Carmelite Friaries, calced and discalced.
1884, William Edward Addis et al., “Carmelite”, in A Catholic Dictionary...: