mitre
noun
a variant of miter.
mitre
1 American
[mahy-ter]
/ ˈmaɪ tər /
noun
mitred,
mitring
Mitre
2
American
[mee-tray, mee-tr e]
/ ˈmi treɪ, ˈmi trɛ /
noun
mitre
British
/ ˈmaɪtə /
noun
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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
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short for mitre joint
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a bevelled surface of a mitre joint
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(in sewing) a diagonal join where the hems along two sides meet at a corner of the fabric
verb
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to make a mitre joint between (two pieces of material, esp wood)
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to make a mitre in (a fabric)
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to confer a mitre upon
a mitred abbot
Etymology
Origin of mitre
C14: from Old French, from Latin mitra, from Greek mitra turban
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Pope Francis is dressed in red robes, holding a rosary and wearing the papal mitre - the large white ceremonial headdress.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
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.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
Keen on the iconography of pairing a steep mitre with a pair of flashy slip-ons, Benedict celebrated the majesty of clerical garments.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 14, 2019
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
It is like a squashed-up X and over it is a bishop’s hat, which is called a mitre.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
Both the podcast and Belta Box are produced by Ant & Dec's own company, Mitre Studios.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
In that report, which was also made public Wednesday, Mitre deemed the potential attacks “operationally infeasible.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
The summit was held at the Northern Virginia offices of Mitre, a nonprofit research group with close ties to the FAA.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
For his part, Moreno Ocampo credits the film’s courtroom verisimilitude to Mitre and Argentine producer Victoria Alonso, who “understand very well these John Ford movies on justice.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Mitre wished to remain neutral, although he had no sympathy with the brutal despot, and had an understanding about Brazil's action in Uruguay which safeguarded the interests of Argentina.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson
Garrett said the red-crowned amazon is one of several exotic birds that have found a home in Southern California, along with the lilac-crowned parrots of western Mexico and the mitred parakeets of South America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2023
Pointing to the first few birds spotted during the Temple City field trip — a pair of mitred parakeets alighting in a sycamore tree — Husic suggested another explanation for a perceived noise increase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Others with roughly 1,000 members or more include the mitred parakeet, yellow-chevroned parakeet and the lilac-crowned Amazon parrot.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2017
Through its courtyard are always passing "black" monks, mitred abbots, bishops, for high sacrifice.
From Time Magazine Archive
St. Thomas is mitred and in full canonical vestments, leaning from or coming out of his shrine, above a figure lying on a bed or couch below.
From Canterbury by Canon Danks
Tuck in all at once the foot and lower corners, mitring the corners as you did those of the lower sheet.
From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
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