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mitre

1

[ mahy-ter ]

noun

mitred, mitring.
  1. Chiefly British. a variant of miter.


Mitre

2

[ mee-trey; Spanish mee-tre ]

noun

  1. ·ٴ··é [bah, r, -taw-law-, me], 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.

mitre

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. Christianity the liturgical headdress of a bishop or abbot, in most western churches consisting of a tall pointed cleft cap with two bands hanging down at the back
  2. short for mitre joint
  3. a bevelled surface of a mitre joint
  4. (in sewing) a diagonal join where the hems along two sides meet at a corner of the fabric
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make a mitre joint between (two pieces of material, esp wood)
  2. to make a mitre in (a fabric)
  3. to confer a mitre upon

    a mitred abbot

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mitre1

C14: from Old French, from Latin mitra, from Greek mitra turban
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Finally, they don a simple white linen or silk mitre on their heads.

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Pope Francis is dressed in red robes, holding a rosary and wearing the papal mitre - the large white ceremonial headdress.

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But as is the way of such men, the more doubt he has about the popular kids, the more certainty he has in his suitability to assume the mantle and mitre of Il Papa.

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The Vatican released pictures of the body on Sunday, dressed in red papal mourning robes and wearing a gold-trimmed mitre.

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“They can arrest us until Jesus comes back,” said Makiti, wearing a bishop’s mitre with a miniature bottle of spirits hanging off it.

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