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
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.
I do not care whether it is a king’s crown, a bishop’s mitre, or a parson’s white tie, it will have to go if it is not right.
From Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet by Champness, Thomas
Nothing now was wanting to Dr. Ritter, except monasteries and convents, for which pious mites were already beginning to be collected, and the bishop's mitre of Breslau.
From John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch by Anonymous
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