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Definition of: biretta
(bi·ret′ə) noun
A stiff, square cap with three or four upright projections on the crown, worn by clerics of the Roman Catholic and other churches: also spelled berretta. [<Ital. berretta or Sp. birreta <LL birretum cap, dim. of birrus cape, cloak]
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