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Definitions of biretta in various dictionaries:
noun - a stiff cap with ridges across the crown
A stiff square cap with three or four ridges across the crown.
noun - a cap worn by clergymen
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| It sounds like a gun manufacturer, & it's the name for the stiff hat worn by Catholic bishops & cardinals |
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| Ecclesiastical A stiff square cap with three or four ridges across the crown. Birettas are worn especially by Roman Catholic clergy and are black for priests, purple for bishops, and red for cardinals. |
| a square cap with three flat projections on top, worn by Roman Catholic clergymen. |
| a stiff cap with ridges across the crown worn by Roman Catholic clergy |
| A square cap with three flat projections on top, worn by Roman Catholic clergymen. |
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| The biretta (Latin: biretum, birretum) is a square cap with three or four peaks or horns, sometimes surmounted by a tuft. Traditionally the three peaked biretta is worn by Roman Catholic clergy and some Anglican and Lutheran clergy. The four peaked biretta is worn as academic dress by those holding a doctoral degree from a pontifical faculty or pontifical university. Occasionally the biretta is worn by advocates in law courts, for instance the advocates in the Channel Islands. |