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145 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Italian > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

cameriere segreto di cappa e spada

Context:

Chiacchierammo un po' in attesa del Santo Padre. Ad un certo punto un cameriere segreto di

Keywords:

...cappa e spada dovette intervenire, in uno dei saloni viciini, a calmare una signora inglese, che dava in escandescenze perché non voleva aspettare.

 

 

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private attendant of the Pope

My comment:

see if this reference helps: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameriere_pontificio; they were nobili laici and had express funxtions while attending the Pope-there were two kinds of attendants-for public and private functions; di cappa e spada was an expression to denote their status + their function