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: a square cap with three ridges on top worn by clergymen especially of the Roman Catholic Church
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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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NBC News,
28 Nov. 2020
Among those receiving the cardinals’ biretta — a crimson-red square cap with three ridges — was his point man for helping Rome’s homeless and poor.
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Washington Post,
28 June 2018
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NBC News,
28 Nov. 2020
Among those receiving the cardinals’ biretta — a crimson-red square cap with three ridges — was his point man for helping Rome’s homeless and poor.
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Washington Post,
28 June 2018
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biretta
noun
bi·ret·ta
bə-ˈret-ə 
: a square cap with three ridges on top worn by Roman Catholic clergymen
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