zucchetto
SKULLCAP WORN BY ORDAINED CLERGY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AS PART OF ECCLESIASTICAL DRESS
Pileolus; Zuchetto; Pileolo; Subbiretum; Submitrale; Soli dea; Berettino; Solideo
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¦ noun (plural zucchettos) a Roman Catholic cleric's skullcap: black for a priest, purple for a bishop, red for a cardinal, and white for the Pope.
Origin
C19: from Ital. zucchetta, dimin. of zucca 'gourd, head'.