calotte

Dec. 5th, 2006 07:17 am
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calotte - n., a skullcap, especially one worn by Roman Catholic clergy.


Also known as a zucchetto. The pope's is white, a cardinal's red, and so on. From French, from either Provençal calota or Italian callotta.

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