In his homily before he bestowed each new cardinal with the red hat of their office, known as a berretta, Benedict told them their role was "not to be served, but to serve" and urged them to shun "the logic of power.". From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
He bore his highly respectable name upon the frontal band of his "berretta" alias "corôa," an open-worked affair, very like the old-fashioned jelly-bag night cap. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference
The crown was the usual "berretta" (night-cap) of open work; the sceptre, a drum-major's staff; the robes, a "parochial" beadle's coat of scarlet cloth, edged with tinsel gold lace. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference
The berretta was formerly presented to him in St. Patrick's Cathedral, April 22, 1875. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886] Reference
That's when Aaron's father, John White, got involved, known as a quiet, dedicated man, he grabbed his handgun, a 32 caliber berretta, and waited for the teens. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2007] Reference
But the berretta was not allowed to lie in the basket. From Wordnik.com. [Romola] Reference
In his left hand he holds a book; and above his pale, serenely noble face is a little black berretta. From Wordnik.com. [New Italian sketches] Reference
Rome, and that when very young, hardly a deacon, but nevertheless appointed oblegate to convey a/berretta/to Paris. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1] Reference
Two. 40-caliber semiautomatic berretta PX storm pistols disappeared in 2008 from the police Quartermasters Division in Jessup. From Wordnik.com. [WBALTV.com - Local News] Reference
And, according to antique usage, it was here that the/berretta/, the red cap, was placed, on a credence, below a large crucifix of ivory and ebony. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1] Reference
The royal helmet was then removed, and a handsome burnous was drawn over the king's shoulders, the hood covering the berretta in most grotesque guise. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference
The infusion of mischief was getting stronger, and putting his hand to one of the jewelled pins that fastened her braids to the berretta, he drew it out. From Wordnik.com. [Romola] Reference
One design -- a man throwing his face back, and singing, while he plays a mandoline; with long thick hair and fanciful berretta; behind him a fine line of cypresses and other trees -- struck me as singularly lovely. From Wordnik.com. [New Italian sketches] Reference
So the rouge and the braids and the embroidered berretta went on again, and Monna Brigida was satisfied with the accustomed effect; as for her neck, if she covered it up, people might suppose it was too old to show, and, on the contrary, with the necklaces round it, it looked better than Monna Berta's. From Wordnik.com. [Romola] Reference
It was the figure of a short stout black-eyed woman, about fifty, wearing a black velvet berretta, or close cap, embroidered with pearls, under which surprisingly massive black braids surmounted the little bulging forehead, and fell in rich plaited curves over the ears, while an equally surprising carmine tint on the upper region of the fat cheeks contrasted with the surrounding sallowness. From Wordnik.com. [Romola] Reference
“berretta” alias “corôa,” an open-worked affair, very like the old-fashioned jelly-bag night cap. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
The crown was the usual “berretta” (night-cap) of open work; the sceptre, a drum-major’s staff; the robes, a. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
I hopes to get a berretta 111-piece woodcraft constuction kit 3D-puzzle. if this were my computer, i'd attach a photo of said-puzzle, in completed form. From Wordnik.com. [pojken Diary Entry] Reference
The royal helmet was then removed, and a handsome burnous was drawn over the king’s shoulders, the hood covering the berretta in most grotesque guise. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
| Page 82 beretta changed to berretta |. From Wordnik.com. [New Italian sketches] Reference
"Do you have a spare clip for the berretta?". From Wordnik.com. [Wraithbait] Reference
/berretta/with gloved hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1] Reference
'berretta.'. From Wordnik.com. [Prose Idylls, New and Old] Reference
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