berretta
[ buh-ret-uh ]
/ bəˈrɛt ə /
noun Roman Catholic Church.
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administrator, pontiff, pope, cleric, patriarch, director, priest, prelate, angel, metropolitan, primate, cap, coadjutor, overseer, diocesan, suffragan, archer, mitre, miter, abba
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biretta
or ber·ret·ta, bir·ret·ta
[ buh-ret-uh ]
/ bəˈrɛt ə /
noun
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
Origin of biretta
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berretta
/ (bɪˈrɛtə) /
noun
a variant spelling of biretta
biretta
berretta
/ (bɪˈrɛtə) /
noun
RC Church a stiff clerical cap having either three or four upright pieces projecting outwards from the centre to the edge: coloured black for priests, purple for bishops, red for cardinals, and white for certain members of religious orders
Word Origin for biretta
C16: from Italian berretta, from Old Provençal berret, from Late Latin birrus hooded cape
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biretta
square cap worn by Catholic clergy, 1590s, from Italian beretta, from Late Latin birrus, birrum "large cloak with hood;" perhaps of Gaulish origin, or from Greek pyrros "flame-colored, yellow."
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