Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology and botany, a little pileus; some small caplike or lid-like body; specifically, the receptacle of certain fungi.
- noun [capitalized] A genus of gastropods of the family Neritidæ, belonging to the Oölite, having no spire, the shell resembling that of a limpet.
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Examples
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"The zucchetto, or pileolus, is removed at the end of the last secret prayer, and resumed after the ablutions."
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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The pileolus (skull cap) and biretta are not, strictly speaking, part of choir dress.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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During the celebration of Mass a simple priest may not wear any head-covering -- whether biretta, pileolus, or full wig (comae fictitiae) -- but the bishop may allow him to wear a plain perruque as a protection for his hairless scalp.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Vinicius was silent and uncovered his head, for it seemed to him that the pileolus which he wore was of lead.
Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881
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If you wore a pileolus, zucchetto, you know, at what part of the Mass would you remove it? "
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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