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mantelletta

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11 lettersPronunciation /mantəˈlɛtə/Sorted aaeellmntttStarts with MEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A sleeveless, knee-length vestment open at the front which is worn by Roman Catholic prelates.

Word origin

Borrowed from Italian mantelletta, from mantello (“cloak, mantle”) + -etta (from -etto (diminutive suffix)), probably from Late Latin mantelletum (“a short, sleeveless cape or cloak; a mantlet”). Doublet of mantlet.

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  • In Rome the cardinals wear the mozzetta over the mantelletta, except in their titular churches, when it is worn immediately over the rochet.
  • In the presence of the Pope and within the Archbishopric of Rome, the cardinals and the bishops had to conceal the rochet beneath a so-called mantelletta, a knee-length coat, which was open at the front.

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