Definition of Mozetta

1. n. A cape, with a small hood; -- worn by the pope and other dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church.

Definition of Mozetta

1. mozzetta [n -TAS or -TE] - See also: mozzetta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mozetta

moyity
moyl
moyle
moyled
moyles
moyling
moyls
moys
moz
mozambique
mozartite
mozavaptan
moze
mozed
mozes
mozetta (current term)
mozettas
mozette
mozgovaite
mozing
mozo
mozos
mozy
mozz
mozzarella
mozzarellas
mozzes
mozzetta
mozzettas
mozzette

Literary usage of Mozetta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sacred Archæology: A Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1868)
"There is no actual distinction between the mozetta and camail; the former is used in all dioceses of France by bishops and canons, and the latter only in a ..."

2. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1900)
"Cardinal Wolsey in his portraits is represented in mozetta and ... by Bishops in their own dioceses, see Moroni, sub roce " mozetta. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Painters generally depict bishops wearing the mozetta as it is part of their state ... As the mozetta exposes the rochet, cardinals, bishops and other ..."

4. The Ceremonies of the Mass by William McGarvey, Charles Philip Augustus Burnett (1905)
"He will use a violet biretta, or a black one lined with green silk, according to the colour of his mozetta or chimere. He will occupy the chief stall in the ..."

5. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"tippet frequently assumed the shape of the mozetta (See mozetta), as can be gathered from such portraits as those of Cardinal Wolsey, at Oxford, ..."

6. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong (1876)
"mozetta, the technical term for a tippet worn by cardinals over a mantlet, or short cloak, showing only a chain of a breast-cross. ..."

7. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1848)
"Below the mozetta the hands are conjoined on the breast in attitude of prayer. That the body of the knight thus represented was actually clad in this habit ..."

8. Sacred Archæology: A Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1868)
"There is no actual distinction between the mozetta and camail; the former is used in all dioceses of France by bishops and canons, and the latter only in a ..."

9. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1900)
"Cardinal Wolsey in his portraits is represented in mozetta and ... by Bishops in their own dioceses, see Moroni, sub roce " mozetta. ..."

10. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Painters generally depict bishops wearing the mozetta as it is part of their state ... As the mozetta exposes the rochet, cardinals, bishops and other ..."

11. The Ceremonies of the Mass by William McGarvey, Charles Philip Augustus Burnett (1905)
"He will use a violet biretta, or a black one lined with green silk, according to the colour of his mozetta or chimere. He will occupy the chief stall in the ..."

12. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"tippet frequently assumed the shape of the mozetta (See mozetta), as can be gathered from such portraits as those of Cardinal Wolsey, at Oxford, ..."

13. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong (1876)
"mozetta, the technical term for a tippet worn by cardinals over a mantlet, or short cloak, showing only a chain of a breast-cross. ..."

14. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1848)
"Below the mozetta the hands are conjoined on the breast in attitude of prayer. That the body of the knight thus represented was actually clad in this habit ..."

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