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cassock
thumb|First native Catholic priest in the Belgian Congo, wearing a Roman cassock with the standard 33 buttons. Early 1900s.
stole
long narrow cloth band worn around the neck and falling from the shoulders as part of ecclesiastical dress
biretta
thumb|A traditional black biretta.
zucchetto
thumb|right|Cardinal Franciszek Macharski with a scarlet zucchetto The zucchetto (, also , , ; meaning 'small gourd', from zucca 'pumpkin' or more generally 'gourd'; plural in English: zucchettos) or solideo, officially a pileolus, is a small, hemispherical, form-fitting ecclesiastical skullcap worn by clerics of the Catholic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, and by senior clergy in certain denominations of Lutheranism, Anglicanism, and Methodism.
pectoral cross
cross worn on the chest by Christian clergy of various denominations
galero
thumb|A cardinal's hat worn by St Jerome, depicted by [[Rubens]] A ' (plural: '; from , originally connoting a helmet made of skins; cf. galea) is a broad-brimmed hat with tasselated strings which was worn by clergy in the Catholic Church. Over the centuries, the red galero was restricted to use by individual cardinals while such other colors as black, green and violet were reserved to clergy of other ranks and styles.
mozzetta
thumb|Bishop Wim Eijk and some canons wearing mozzettas over [[rochets trimmed with lace]]
clerical collar
detachable collar worn by Christian clergy
rochet
thumb|A white rochet with lace elements, to be worn over a cassock and under a [[mantelletta.]] thumb|right|250px|Thomas Schoen 1903, OCist
cappello romano
"Roman hat" in Latin, a type of wide-brimmed hat worn by clergy.
choir dress
a traditional costume of clerics, seminarians and religious of Christian churches
mantelletta
thumb|A Catholic cleric wearing a mantelletta over his cassock A mantelletta, Italian diminutive of Latin mantellum 'mantle', is a sleeveless, knee-length, vest-like garment, open in front, with slits instead of sleeves on the sides, fastened at the neck. It was for a period of time even more common than the mozzetta.
ferraiolo
thumb|Archbishop [[Fulton J. Sheen wearing the ferraiolo, 1952.]] thumb|Théodore-Adrien Sarr|Cardinal Sarr of Dakar wearing his ferraiolo of watered silk The ferraiolo (also ferraiuolo, ferraiolone) is a type of cape traditionally worn by clergy in the Catholic Church on formal, non-liturgical occasions. It can be worn over the shoulders, or behind them, extends in length to the ankles, is tied in a bow by narrow strips of cloth at the front, and does not have any 'trim' or piping on it.
pellegrina
thumb|A Catholic bishop (Carmelo Canzonieri of Roman Catholic Diocese of Caltagirone|Caltagirone) wearing an amaranth red-trimmed black [[cassock and pellegrina]]
simar
thumb|Papal simar with double half-sleeves (without the sash)
ecclesiastical ring
type of finger ring
fascia
sash worn above the waist with the cassock or sotana by Roman Catholic and Anglican clergy