(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:31:52

Zu*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.

 

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