A stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy.
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Examples for "biretta "
Examples for "biretta "
1 The Druids had put aside the oak leaves and put on the biretta .
2 He had removed his biretta , and placed it upon the table.
3 The Bishop stretched out his hand and took up his biretta .
4 Then he took up his biretta and went to the lift.
5 You will never walk with the biretta on your head.
1 The berretta was formerly presented to him in St. Patrick's Cathedral, April 22, 1875.
2 In his left hand he holds a book; and above his pale, serenely noble face is a little black berretta .
3 It's a twenty-two caliber Berretta semiautomatic, altered to fire fully auto.
4 Were they fired from a Berretta ?
5 Consistent with a Berretta .
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