Definition of Biretta. Meaning of Biretta. Synonyms of Biretta

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Definition of Biretta

Biretta
Biretta Bi*ret"ta, n. Same as Berretta.

Meaning of Biretta from wikipedia

- 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...
- "Constructed to fold flat when not in use ..." The Canterbury cap is the medieval biretta, descended from the ancient pileus headcovering. It is sometimes called...
- scarlet garments include the c****ock, mozzetta, and biretta, over the usual scarlet zucchetto. The biretta of a cardinal is distinctive not merely for its...
- rings, zucchetto (small skullcaps), and biretta (four-cornered silk hats) by the pope. The zucchetto and the biretta are scarlet, the distinctive color of...
- be red or purple). An approximate equivalent in the Latin Church is the biretta (Latin: biretum/birretum). In the Byzantine Empire the term kamelaukion...
- the ancient privilege possessed by French monarchs and bestowed the red biretta on Roncalli at a ceremony in the Élysée Palace. It was around this time...
- the four Eastern Catholic cardinals: Cardinal Alencherry wore a Nasrani biretta without a zucchetto; Cardinals al-Rahi and Cleemis wore different headgear;...
- surplice (or rochet if the wearer is a bishop, cardinal, or canon), and the biretta (optional for secular priests unless their bishop requires its use, in...
- 200. An ice-filled valley indenting the east side of Pain Mesa between Biretta Peak and Diversion Hills. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States...
- the use of the galero. Since that time, only the scarlet zucchetto and biretta are placed over the heads of cardinals during the papal consistory. Some...