zucchetto
noun
zuc·chet·to
zu̇-ˈke-(ˌ)tō 
tsü-
plural zucchettos
: a small round skullcap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics in colors that vary according to the rank of the wearer
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In addition to his priestly robes, Pohlmeier wore a violet zucchetto, or skull cap, and a golden pectoral cross.
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Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2022
After a couple of minutes, he was given his own zucchetto, and left the stage, to applause.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2021
The first stop is a zimarra, fascia and zucchetto (a caped version of the long soutane, a belt and skullcap) worn by John Paul II.
—Rosemary Feitelberg | Wwd, latimes.com, 7 May 2018
Florence Cooper, a tourist from Vancouver, stumbled upon a group of them on Monday dressed in their distinctive black cassocks and scarlet buttons, fascias and zucchettos.
—New York Times, 9 May 2018
Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2022
After a couple of minutes, he was given his own zucchetto, and left the stage, to applause.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2021
The first stop is a zimarra, fascia and zucchetto (a caped version of the long soutane, a belt and skullcap) worn by John Paul II.
—Rosemary Feitelberg | Wwd, latimes.com, 7 May 2018
Florence Cooper, a tourist from Vancouver, stumbled upon a group of them on Monday dressed in their distinctive black cassocks and scarlet buttons, fascias and zucchettos.
—New York Times, 9 May 2018
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