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Definition: Callot
Callot
\Cal"lot\, n.
A plant coif or skullcap. Same as
Calotte. --B. Jonson.
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Calotte
\Ca*lotte"\, Callot
\Cal"lot\, n. [F. calotte, dim. of
cale a sort of flat cap. Cf.
Caul.]
A close cap without visor or brim. Especially:
(a) Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law.
(b) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their
helmets.
(c) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic
Church.
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To assume the calotte, to become a priest.
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