Zuchetto

Zuchetto
Zuchetto u*chet"to, n. [It. zucchetto.] (R. C. Ch.) A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black. [1913 Webster]

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