Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Shod; wearing shoes: as, a calced Carmelite (that is, one who does not belong to the discalced or barefooted order of Carmelites).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective rare Wearing shoes; used especially of religious orders.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective used of certain religious orders who wear shoes

Etymologies

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From Latin calceus ("shoe").

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