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calotte

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ca·lotte  (k-lt)
n. Ecclesiastical
A skullcap, especially one worn by Roman Catholic priests.

[French, from Provençal calota or Italian callotta.]


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Hermann put the palms of her plump hands together; I smiled and bowed with a heavy heart: the niece got up from her sewing to bring Hermann's slippers and his embroidered calotte, which he assumed pon tifically, talking (about me) all the time.
Aramis, in a black gown, his head enveloped in a sort of round flat cap, not much unlike a CALOTTE, was seated before an oblong table, covered with rolls of paper and enormous volumes in folio.
 
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