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Recent Examples of zucchetto
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.
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Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
27 Oct. 2021
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.
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New York Times,
9 May 2018
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.
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Rosemary Feitelberg | Wwd,
latimes.com,
7 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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zucchetto
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now the first American Pope, is seen here receiving his biretta from Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sept. 30, 2023.
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Cardinals from Brunei and the Philippines could not travel and will receive their ring and biretta from a papal delegate.
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Another promotional video for Rededicate 250 blends various Christian and American imagery — scenes of a cross laid on an American flag, a robed choir, people raising their hands in worship — along with a brief scene of a man praying while wearing a Jewish skullcap.
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Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop.
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Queen Camilla wore a red silk crepe dress by Fiona Clare inspired by the Grenadier Guards uniform, paired with a black Philip Treacy beret featuring a white plume and the regiment's cap badge.
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Combined with his garb, which could include berets and glasses, Jaimoe was simply one of the coolest-looking guys in music.
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For all the pleasures of the state dinner over the weekend, with its calotte of beef served with shallot marmalade, the real action is now taking place today (Dec. 5) at EU-US trade talks.
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The calotte of beef was served with shallot marmalade.
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The rider, who was not wearing a helmet, ran the stop sign and drove into the path of the GMC leading to the crash, police said.
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In one study, children ages 7-12 were aware that their parents’ own use of safety items like seat belts, bicycle helmets and sunscreen were significantly less common than the parents’ expectations for the child to use them.
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Style the silk foulard into a turban for an elegant night out look, or wrap it around your waist to dress up a simple T-shirt and linen pants outfit.
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Digwa then claimed in bodycam footage released by police that Nowak had grabbed his turban and subjected him to racist abuse.
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Mitchell was the most quietly elegant of men, dressed in a costume—a homburg, a knitted vest, a tweed jacket—that seemed unchanged since the thirties, and speaking in a soft but confident North Carolina accent.
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Optimo stocks a variety of styles, including homburgs, porkpies, straw Panamas, and fedoras, the last of which is seen here.
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This pale yellow Gone With the Wind (1939)nightmare, bonnet and all.
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Lucky beachcombers may even come across rarities like Scotch bonnet and moon snails.
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“Zucchetto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zucchetto. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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