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▪ I. discalceate, ppl. a. and n.|dɪˈskælsɪeɪt|
[ad. L. discalceāt-us unshod, barefooted: see next.]
A. ppl. a. Unshod, barefooted; spec. applied to certain orders of friars and nuns.
1658J. Burbury Hist. Christine, Q. Swedland 103 The..present of 25 great bottles of wine, which the Queen caus'd to be given to the Carmelite discalceat Nuns. a1667Jer. Taylor Reverence due to Altar (1848) 51 Justin Martyr..saith that the Gentiles when they came to worship were commanded..to be discalceate. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. Pref. 37 Unless..some of the discalceat Mercenary Troops..stay behind. 1861Neale Notes on Dalmatia, etc. 180 Originally written by a Discalceate Carmelite.
B. n. A barefooted friar or nun.
1669Woodhead St. Teresa ii. xvii. 118 Ten Covents of Discalceates. 1706tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 16th C. II. iv. xi. 449 From the Carmelites came the Congregation of those whom they call Discalceates.
▪ II. † disˈcalceate, v. Obs. rare—0.
[f. discalceāt- ppl. stem of L. discalceāre to pull off the shoes, f. dis-4 + calceāre to shoe, calceus a shoe.]
1623Cockeram, Discalceate, to put off ones Shoes. 1656in Blount Glossogr. |