birettas
Square clerical hats
Birettas are stiff, square caps with three or four ridges on top, worn by Roman Catholic clergy.
The color indicates rank: black for priests, purple for bishops, red for cardinals.
The priests processed into the cathedral, birettas in hand.
The singular is biretta.
Full-length clerical garment
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- cardinalOf foremost importance
bishop · monsignor · seminarian · liturgical · ecclesiastical · Roman Catholic · ordination · celebrant
Square graduation headwear
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
- doctoralOf advanced academic study
- commencementAct of starting
ceremony · university · professorial · medieval · scholarly · conferral · tassel · cap
Darkest possible hue
- redPrimary color, warm
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
- whiteAbsence of pigment
- violetSmall five-petaled wildflower
scarlet · amaranth · rank · hierarchy · distinction · designation · cardinal red · episcopal
cassock
Full-length clerical garment
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- priestOne who performs sacraments
cardinal · bishop · monsignor · seminarian · liturgical · ecclesiastical · Roman Catholic · ordination · celebrant · altar
mortarboard
Square graduation headwear
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
- doctoralOf advanced academic study
commencement · ceremony · university · professorial · medieval · scholarly · conferral · tassel · cap · hood
black
Darkest possible hue
violet · scarlet · amaranth · rank · hierarchy · distinction · designation · cardinal red · episcopal · papal