Zucchetto
a small, round skullcap worn by roman catholic ecclesiastics, a priest’s being black, a bishop’s violet, a cardinal’s red, and the pope’s white; calotte.
historical examples
some one asked whether it was lawful for any one, not a bishop, to wear a zucchetto during the celebration of m-ss.
my new curate p.a. sheehan
the zucchetto, or pileolus, is removed at the end of the last secret prayer, and resumed after the ablutions.
my new curate p.a. sheehan
noun (pl) -tos
(rc church) a small round skullcap worn by certain ecclesiastics and varying in colour according to the rank of the wearer, the pope wearing white, cardinals red, bishops violet, and others black
n.
1853, from italian zucchetta “a cap,” originally diminutive of zucca “gourd, head,” perhaps from late latin cucutia, of unknown origin.
Read Also:
- Zuckerman
noun solly (ˈsɒlɪ), baron. 1904–93, british zoologist, born in south africa; chief scientific adviser (1964–71) to the british government. his books include the social life of monkeys (1932) and the autobiography from apes to warlords (1978) contemporary examples the letter also -sserts that the ads were simply responding to a public discussion of zuckerman’s s-xual […]
- Zugspitze
a mountain in s central germany, on the austrian border: highest peak of the bavarian alps and in germany. 9718 feet (2962 meters). noun a mountain peak in s germany in the bavarian alps, on the austrian border: the highest peak in germany. height: 2963 m (9721 ft)
- Zugzwang
a situation in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or have a damaging positional effect. contemporary examples the belarusian opposition is trapped in a zugzw-ng: personal casualties are the cost of their political progress. forget kim jong un—china’s new favorite dictator is belarus’s aleksandr lukashenko. kapil komireddi january 27, 2014 noun […]
- Zuider zee
a former shallow inlet of the north sea in central netherlands. compare . historical examples mr. starr said it was no wonder cities of the zuider zee died, if they were brought up on hotels like that. the chauffeur and the chaperon c. n. williamson it was about urk, a little island she had discovered […]
- Zuidholland
noun the dutch name for south holland