The
zucchetto (; ; meaning "small
gourd", from
zucca, "
pumpkin", figuratively referred to the
human head) is a small, hemispherical, form-fitting ecclesiastical
skullcap worn by
clerics of various
Catholic Churches, the
Syriac Orthodox Church, and by the higher clergy in
Anglicanism. The plural is
zucchetti; it is also known by the names
pilus,
pilos,
pileus,
pileolus (
pileolo),
subbiretum,
submitrale,
soli deo (
solideo),
berrettino,
calotte (
calotta).