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biretta

[buh-ret-uh] / bəˈrɛt ə /


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Instead of the usual thousands, only 10 guests per cardinal were allowed in St. Peter’s Basilica as the pope gave the men their ring and traditional red hat, known as a biretta.

From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2020

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

When I was in Rome several years ago, I went into one of the hottest clergy-clothing stores to look around, and spotted a biretta!

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2018

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

If in his shaggy overcoat he had suggested bulk, in his cassock and biretta he was a dignified, even an imposing figure.

From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Arthur Warren


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