Rosette

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1):

(n.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.

(2):

(n.) A red color. See Roset.

(3):

(n.) A rose burner. See under Rose.

(4):

(n.) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand.

(5):

(n.) An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, - used as an ornament or a badge.

(6):

(n.) A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

an ornament in front of the hat worn by prelates, dignitaries in a cathedral, and archdeacons. Savage (Progress of a Divine, 1735) says, "He gained a cassock, beaver, and a rose." — Walcott, Sac. Archoeol. s.v.

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