mortier
Noun
Meaning
mortier (plural mortiers)
A cap of state worn by legal functionaries in France.
Examples
Mortier, p. 323. Bernardus Guidonis, however, states that, when the Province of Lombardy was divided in 1303, there were thirty-three convents.
The Baron died in 1716, leaving him his fortune as well as his title, and the office of Président à Mortier in the Bordeaux Parliament.
Mortier, p. 320 and n. 3. From the age of six, it seems, Niccolò was destined for the monkish life.