- ("to
provide with shoes"), from
calceus ("shoe"), from calx ("heel").
Discalceation means "removal of footwear". The nuns in the
Carmelite reform convents...
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Middle Ages, it was seen as a sign of
religious ascetism. In particular,
discalceation, the
practice of
going constantly barefoot or clad only in sandals,...
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ceremonial flagellation prescribed for the
Divine Office every w****, and the
discalceation of the religious. For the
first five years,
Teresa remained in seclusion...
- shape.
Around the same time,
several mendicant orders began practicing discalceation as an
aspect of
their vows of
humility and poverty,
going entirely barefoot...
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Divine Liturgy Diocesan priest Diocesan tribunal — see:
Tribunal (below)
Discalceation Dulia — see also:
Hyperdulia (below) East–West
Schism -
forcibly divided...
- villages. In
medieval Europe,
going barefoot or only
wearing sandals (
discalceation) was a mark of
humility and
piety among many
mendicant orders of monks...
