berretta

A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green.

No opportunity of dissent is however afforded the cardinals, and all they are expected to do is to rise, take off their berrettas or stiff caps, and bow as a sign of assent.

I imagine that the woman's berretta, frequently of velvet embroidered with pearls, and apparently almost as prevalent as our bonnet, must have been that close-fitting cap, square at the ears, of which we spoke yesterday.

The infusion of mischief was getting stronger, and putting his hand to one of the jewelled pins that fastened her braids to the berretta, he drew it out.

The berretta was formerly presented to him in St. Patrick's Cathedral, April 22, 1875.