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discalced

dis·calced [ diss kálst ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
going without footwear: wearing sandals or going barefoot in accordance with the rules of some orders of monks, friars, or nuns

[Mid-17th century. Shortening of obsolete discalceated "with shoes removed" < Latin calceare "to shoe" < calceus "shoe"]
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