zucchetto
/tsʊˈkɛtəʊ
/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.Turbans, fezzes, yarmulkes and black lace veils, or mantillas, joined the zucchettos or skull caps of Catholic prelates on the basilica's steps in an extraordinary mix of religious and government leaders from around the world.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Italian zucchetta, diminutive of zucca 'gourd, head'.
Rhymes
- colostrum
- colostrum corpuscle
- colotomy
- colour
- colourability
- colourable
- colourable imitation
- colourably
- colour analyser
- colourant
- colourate
- colouration
- colourative
- colour atlas
- colour balance
- colour bar
- colour-blind
- colour blindness
- colourblock
- colourblocked
- colourblocking
- colour book
- colour box
- colour burst
- colour cake