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 by Roman 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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Examples

  • For example, here’s a picture of the Pope another job I will never have wearing the clerical headgear the Christians call the zuchetto.

    Clergytastical - Danya Ruttenberg 2006

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