‖ mantelletta
(mæntɪˈlɛtə)
Pl. mantellette.
[It. mantelletta, dim. of mantello mantle n. Cf. med.L. mantelletum.]
(See quot. 1897.)
| 1853 Dale tr. Baldeschi's Ceremonial 6 These latter should wear stoles of the colour of the day; and if Prelates the mozetta, or mantelletta. 1897 Cath. Dict. (ed. 5), Mantelletta, a vestment made of silk or woollen stuff, open but fastened in front, reaching almost to the knees... It is worn by cardinals, bishops, abbots, and the ‘prelati’ of the Roman Court [etc.]... The mantellette of cardinals are of three colours. |