bishop's mitre
Britishnoun
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The church replaced it after the American Revolution with what is called a bishop’s mitre, which represented the shift from the Church of England to the Episcopal Church.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 28, 2019
The pectoral fins can be cut away from the head and moulded into a headdress resembling a bishop's mitre.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Good-bye to the bishop's mitre, to the cardinal's hat; good-bye to the velvet arm-chair in the House of Peers."
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
They wore red sleeves, white aprons, and a cap like a bishop's mitre over their golden hair.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales by Patten, William
The valve on the left side, called the mitral, from its fancied resemblance to a bishop's mitre, consists of two folds which close together as do those of the tricuspid valve.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
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