biretta
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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
A biretta is a stiff, four-cornered hat, topped with a big, fluffy tassel, that can be worn with a cassock and surplice!
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
Next is the collapsible biretta, a taller, square-ridged cap with three peaks on top.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2013
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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