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birettas

birettas is the plural of biretta.

Meaning of biretta

Noun

biretta (plural birettas)

  1. 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.
    • It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

Questions about birettas

What is birettas the plural of?
Birettas is the plural of biretta.

Words near birettas in the dictionary

  1. Bires
  2. Bireses
  3. biretta
  4. biretta'd
  5. birettaed
  6. birettas
  7. birettina
  8. birettinas
  9. bireversible
  10. birf
  11. birfday

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