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Definition of Biretta
1. Noun. A stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy.
Definition of Biretta
1. n. Same as Berretta.
Definition of Biretta
1. Noun. A square cap, originally with four ridges across the top, surmounted by a tuft, worn by Roman Catholic clergy (and by some in the Anglican Church). A three-sided biretta is worn by Roman Catholic clergy for liturgical celebrations. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Biretta
1. a cap worn by clergymen [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biretta
Literary usage of Biretta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Costume of Prelates of the Catholic Church: According to Roman Etiquette by John Abel Nainfa (1909)
"In wearing the biretta, the part which has no horn should be to the left. ...
The biretta is made of thin cardboard, covered with some light material, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... properly privileged persons as choir-dress, it may be included among the
liturgical vestments in the broad sense, like the biretta or the cappa magna. ..."
3. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1905)
"The French biretta has four " horns,"5 and is more like the biretta of Archbishop
Cranmer or of Bishop Fox (except for the added tuft) than the modern ..."
4. At the Court of His Catholic Majesty by William Miller Collier (1912)
"CHAPTER XI The Imposition of the Cardinal's biretta THE Sacred College of Cardinals
of the Roman Catholic Church is limited in number to seventy. ..."
5. Napoleon's Campaign in Russia, Anno 1812: Medico-historical by Achilles Rose (1913)
"Sometimes he wore a biretta with a diamond agraffe and a high plume of heron
feathers. Very seldom he appeared in the uniform of a marshal. ..."
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