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red hat

a wide-brimmed, flat, red hat presented to a new cardinal by the pope as a symbol of the cardinal's rank

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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