berretta
Britishnoun
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A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green.
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No opportunity of dissent is however afforded the cardinals, and all they are expected to do is to rise, take off their berrettas or stiff caps, and bow as a sign of assent.
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I imagine that the woman's berretta, frequently of velvet embroidered with pearls, and apparently almost as prevalent as our bonnet, must have been that close-fitting cap, square at the ears, of which we spoke yesterday.
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But the berretta was not allowed to lie in the basket.
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The berretta was formerly presented to him in St. Patrick's Cathedral, April 22, 1875.
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