cotta

[ kot-uh, kaw-tuh ]

/ ˈkɒt ə, ˈkɔ tə /

noun Ecclesiastical.

a surplice.

a short surplice, sleeveless or with short sleeves, worn especially by choristers.

Nearby words

cotquean, cotransduction, cotransport, cotswold, cotswolds, cotta, cottage, cottage cheese, cottage country, cottage flat, cottage fries

Origin of cotta

1840–50; < Medieval Latin, variant of cota kind of tunic. See coat

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Examples from the Web for cotta

Cotta appeared on board a golden galley hung with purple, and followed by all his fleet.
Thais|Anatole France
Cotta and the centurions of the first class earnestly maintained the contrary opinion.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 2 of 2|Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
Cujus opinionis levitas confutata a Cotta non desiderat orationem meam.
Dderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes|Ludwig Dderlein
There were also younger poets, not yet published, whom he will not name, with the necessary exception of Cotta Maximus (39-44).
The Last Poems of Ovid|Ovid

Cotta, it will be remembered, was a physician at Northampton.
A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718|Wallace Notestein

British Dictionary definitions for cotta

cotta

/ (ˈkɒtə) /

noun

RC Church a short form of surplice

Word Origin for cotta

C19: from Italian: tunic, from Medieval Latin; see coat

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