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mantelletta

Syllables: man·tel·let·ta/mantəˈlɛtə/US/ˌmæn(t)əˈlɛtə/

mantelletta noun: a sleeveless, knee-length vestment open at the front which is worn by Roman Catholic prelates.

mantelletta: a sleeveless, knee-length vestment open at the front which is worn by Roman Catholic prelates
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Noun

mantelletta (plural mantellettas)

  1. A sleeveless, knee-length vestment open at the front which is worn by Roman Catholic prelates.
    • We were without comestibles, and we had no garments except those we wore, not even a shirt, and the habits, such as they were, were most inconvenient for travelling; for the Pope [Pius VII] wore his mozzetta and stola, and I [Bartolomeo Pacca] the rocchetto and mozzetta, together with the...1850 August 31, “Historical Memoirs of Cardinal Pacca, Prime Minister to Pius VII. Written by Himself. Translated from the Italian, by Sir George Head. 2 vols. Longman & Co.”, in The Athenæum...
    • In Rome the cardinals wear the mozzetta over the mantelletta, except in their titular churches, when it is worn immediately over the rochet.1912, “The Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church”, in Herman Joseph Heuser, editor, The Ecclesiastical Review: A Monthly Publication for the Clergy, volume XLVI, Philadelphia, Pa.: American...

Forms of mantelletta

pluralmantellettas

Origin of mantelletta

Borrowed from Italian mantelletta, from mantello (“cloak, mantle”) + -etta (from -etto (diminutive suffix)), probably from Late Latin mantelletum (“a short, sleeveless cape or cloak; a mantlet”). Doublet of mantlet.

Words that rhyme with mantelletta

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Questions about mantelletta

What does mantelletta mean?
Mantelletta means a sleeveless, knee-length vestment open at the front which is worn by Roman Catholic prelates.
What part of speech is mantelletta?
Mantelletta is a noun.
How do you pronounce mantelletta?
Mantelletta is pronounced /mantəˈlɛtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of mantelletta?
The plural of mantelletta is mantellettas.

Words near mantelletta in the dictionary

  1. Mantell
  2. Mantell's moa
  3. mantella
  4. mantellas
  5. mantelled
  6. mantelletta
  7. mantellettas
  8. mantellic
  9. mantellid
  10. mantellids
  11. mantelling

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