[məʊˈtsɛtə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a short cape with a hood, worn by the Pope, cardinals, and some other ecclesiastics


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Origin:
early 17th century (as mozzette): via French, from Italian, shortened form of almozzetta, of uncertain origin; perhaps from mozzo ‘cut, shortened’, from Latin mutilus (see mutilate), or perhaps from medieval Latin almucia ‘amice’ + the diminutive suffix -etta