Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (R. C. Ch.) A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black.
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- noun Roman Catholic Church : A
skullcap worn byRoman Catholic clergymen . The Pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black.
Etymologies
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Italian zucchetto
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For example, here’s a picture of the Pope another job I will never have wearing the clerical headgear the Christians call the zuchetto.
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