biretta
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"Diversity is necessary; it is indispensable," Francis said in his homily at the service, during which each new cardinal received a ring of office and the red, three-blade hat known as a "biretta".
From Reuters ● Sep. 30, 2023
A photograph showed Bishop Joyce, in cassock and biretta, standing in front of a Christmas tree with children on each side.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2019
During Saturday's ceremony at St Peter's Basilica, known as a consistory, the 68-year-old will kneel before the pope and have a scarlet biretta placed on his head and will receive a ring.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2014
Next is the collapsible biretta, a taller, square-ridged cap with three peaks on top.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2013
A great blackness came over the frosted visage, as if his black biretta had been suddenly drawn forward, and his erst blanched eyebrows gloomed like a black lightning-cloud over the baleful eyes.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill
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