calced
adjUS /kælst/ · UK /kalst/
Etymology A back-formation from discalced, with reference to Latin calceus (“calceus, footwear”).
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Rare Synonym of shod, wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) religious orders that do not eschew normal footwear.
- 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...:
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:calced.