Definitions for zucchetto

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zucchetto zuc·chet·to

Spelling: [zoo-ket-oh; Italian tsook-ket-taw]

IPA: /zuˈkɛt oʊ; Italian tsukˈkɛt tɔ/

Zucchetto is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 27 points.

You can make 119 anagrams from letters in zucchetto (ccehottuz).

Definitions for zucchetto

noun

1. a small, round skullcap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics, a priest's being black, a bishop's violet, a cardinal's red, and the pope's white; calotte.

Origin of zucchetto

1850-55; Italian, variant of zucchetta, diminutive of zucca gourd, head, perhaps pre-Indo-European *tjukka gourd

Examples for zucchetto

The zucchetto, or pileolus, is removed at the end of the last secret prayer, and resumed after the ablutions.

Some one asked whether it was lawful for any one, not a bishop, to wear a zucchetto during the celebration of Mass.