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mantellone

[ man-tl-oh-nee ]

noun

, Roman Catholic Church.
  1. a purple mantle extending to the ankles, worn over the cassock by lesser prelates of the papal court.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mantellone1

< Italian, augmentative of mantello mantle

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