mozzetta

American  

[moh-zet-uh, mawt-tset-tah] / moʊˈzɛt ə, mɔtˈtsɛt tɑ /

Or mozetta

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

• mozzettas,
  plural
• mozzette
  plural

1. a short cape that covers the shoulders and can be buttoned over the breast, and to which a hood is attached, worn by the pope and by cardinals, bishops, abbots, and other dignitaries.

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mozzetta British  

/ məʊˈzɛtə, motˈtsetta /

noun

1. RC Church a short hooded cape worn by the pope, cardinals, etc

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mozzettas
  plural
• mozzette
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of mozzetta

1765–75; < Italian, aphetic variant of almozzetta, equivalent to almozz(a) (compare Medieval Latin almutia amice ² ) + -etta -ette

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

mozzetta mozzette

Wearing his red mozzetta and stole, Leo appeared deep in prayer during the ceremony, listening with eyes closed.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

The cardinal - in red mozzetta and cassock - is shown blessing the body of the late Pope during the rite of the declaration of death.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025

He refused to don the traditional red mozzetta, or half-cape, before stepping out in front of the masses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025

He laughed with the crew about the microphone in his vestments and I took a picture of a woman rolling a lint brush over his black mozzetta.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2018

Then I got my camphor and lavender, and laid the fragrant powder between the folds of the mozzetta.

From My New Curate by Patrick Augustine Sheehan

The Cardinals put on red mantellette and mozzette over their purple cassocks; these they afterwards change for others of scarlet.

From The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Charles Michael Baggs

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