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Cardinal's cap
Answer for the clue "Cardinal's cap ", 9 letters:
zucchetto
Word definitions for zucchetto in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The zucchetto (; ; meaning "small gourd ", from zucca , " pumpkin ") is a small, hemispherical, form-fitting ecclesiastical skullcap worn by clerics of various Catholic Churches , the Syriac Orthodox Church , and by the higher clergy in Anglicanism . The ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
small, round skull-cap worn by dignitaries in the Catholic Church, 1853, from Italian zucchetta "a cap," originally diminutive of zucca "gourd, head," perhaps from Late Latin cucutia , of unknown origin.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy. The Pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; and a priest's black.
Usage examples of zucchetto.
Brownpony took the zucchetto from his hand and centered it carefully upon his stubbly tonsure, then patted it down.
If you wore a pileolus, zucchetto, you know, at what part of the Mass would you remove it?