biretta
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- noun
- /bɪˈrɛtə/
:
birreta
- If he visited you in the hospital, he wore his biretta.
- a red biretta
- wearing a biretta
Examples
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Many of the priests in my parish have birettas.
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Father Kuzdek came back wearing his black biretta, carrying a small leather case containing his holy oils.
Fiction book (1999) -
If, as the priest, he wants a biretta, then obtain one!
Blog text (15) -
Many of the priests in my parish have birettas.
Blog text (15) -
He put on a clean cassock and adjusted his biretta, his priest's crown with its hard sides and pompon.
Fiction book (1994) -
As I understand it, a kind parishioner would like to raise money to buy Fr. McDonald a biretta, as he says that he would wear one if it were gifted to him.
Blog text (15) -
That is true Christian charity—both on the part of the parishioner and on the part of the parish priest who plans to graciously accept the gift of the biretta and actually use it.
Blog text (15) -
Father Kuzdek came back wearing his black biretta, carrying a small leather case containing his holy oils.
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He put on a clean cassock and adjusted his biretta, his priest's crown with its hard sides and pompon.
Synonyms
A stiff square cap with three or four peaks that priests and cardinals wear
A stiff square cap with ridges on top worn by Catholic priests
Surface Forms
Etymology
Biretta comes from old Latin and Italian words like birrus and Italian berretta, which meant a 'small cap' or 'hood'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the simple hat beret, because the name began as a word for a 'head-covering' and that is why a biretta is the small square cap worn by priests and some academic staff.