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单词 mantelletta
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Definition of mantelletta in English:

mantelletta

nounPlural mantellette, Plural mantellettas ˌmantɪˈlɛtəˌman(t)lˈedə
  • A sleeveless vestment reaching to the knees, worn by cardinals, bishops, and other high-ranking Catholic ecclesiastics.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The mantelletta was once even more common than the mozzetta.
    • In the background, one can make out the scarlet of a Cardinal, whose biretta is tuftless and who wears the scarlet mozzetta over his mantelletta.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Italian, from a diminutive of Latin mantellum 'mantle'.

Rhymes

abetter, begetter, better, bettor, biretta, bruschetta, carburettor (US carburetor), debtor, feta, fetter, forgetter, getter, go-getter, Greta, Henrietta, letter, Loretta, operetta, petter, Quetta, setter, sinfonietta, sweater, upsetter, Valletta, vendetta, whetter
 
 

Definition of mantelletta in US English:

mantelletta

nounˌman(t)lˈedə
  • A sleeveless vestment reaching to the knees, worn by cardinals, bishops, and other high-ranking Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the background, one can make out the scarlet of a Cardinal, whose biretta is tuftless and who wears the scarlet mozzetta over his mantelletta.
    • The mantelletta was once even more common than the mozzetta.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Italian, from a diminutive of Latin mantellum ‘mantle’.

 
 
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