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
Beckington's arms, which occur also on the gateways, are argent on a fess azure, between in chief three bucks' heads caboshed gules, and in base as many pheons sable, a bishop's mitre or.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy
He was somewhat eccentric in dress, as he had on ‘a white Roman shirt and a bishop's mitre covered with leopard skin.’
From Charles Dickens and Music by Lightwood, James T.
His head-attire was high, and adorned with hanging ribbons, the sides were open, and it rather resembled a bishop's mitre.
From The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Emmerich, Anna Catherine
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