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- noun Plural form of
biretta .
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Examples
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It’s just that the great parade of miters and birettas is restricted to the clergy.
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“High church” is the use of incense, clergy garb such as birettas, and even adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
A pro-choice Catholic is the new Notre Dame football coach « Dating Jesus 2009
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The climactic Act I Te Deum comes complete with choirboys and birettas, maniples and chasubles.
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Vatican II said nothing whatsoever about doing away with birettas, Latin, ''the priest having his back to the people'' blah blah blah.
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Where did all those birettas spelling ? come from?
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So, where does all this stuff with birettas, Mass with back to the people, Latin, etc. come from ?
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Communion in the hand kept to a minimum, 2 Deacons alongside the Celebrant, no concelebration, birettas, supremely reverent atmosphere, and beautiful vestments and even more beautiful music exclusively polyphonic/chant.
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They should not put on their maniples or birettas or folded chasubles, if used until the Celebrant is vested.
A syllabus of common liturgical errors Fr Timothy Matkin 2008
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They should give their birettas and that of the Celebrant to the Master of Ceremonies when they have entered the quire.
A syllabus of common liturgical errors Fr Timothy Matkin 2008
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They have all sorts of academic birettas in stock be sure to know your European hat size.
Archive 2008-04-20 papabear 2008
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