Usually means: Ecclesiastical square cap with pompon.
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  1. biretta: Merriam-Webster
  2. biretta: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. biretta: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. biretta: Collins English Dictionary
  5. biretta: Vocabulary.com
  6. biretta: Wordnik
  7. biretta: Wiktionary
  8. biretta: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. biretta: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. biretta: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Biretta, biretta: Dictionary.com
  12. biretta: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Biretta: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Biretta: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. biretta: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. biretta: Rhymezone
  17. Biretta: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. biretta: FreeDictionary.org
  19. biretta: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. biretta: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. biretta: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. biretta: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. biretta: Encyclopedia

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  1. biretta: Wordcraft Dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Biretta: Catholic Encyclopedia

(Note: See birettas as well.)

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noun:  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.

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