calced

[ kalst ]

adjective

1. (chiefly of members of certain religious orders) wearing shoes; shod.

Word History and Origins

Origin of calced¹

1880–85; < Latin calc ( eus ) shoe + -ed ³

Example Sentences

One of the places where their zeal for the salvation of souls was predominant was the land of Mindòro which had been ceded by the calced Augustinian fathers.

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In that city is located a convent of calced Augustinian religious, which was the first convent to be founded in the said Philipinas Islands.

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Its foundation and administration belongs to the calced Augustinian fathers, as does that of almost all the villages of that so fierce and fertile island.

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One was in the city of Cibu, where the convents of the calced and discalced religious of St. Augustine were burned, together with some houses of the most influential inhabitants.

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The second had been a calced Augustinian, but had transferred his allegiance to the Recollects after their arrival in the islands, and was very useful on this mission because of his thorough knowledge of Tagal.

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