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
Example Sentences
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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
“I think that because the demographic here is very Latino, we’re all supporting each other,” said Frida Mitre, a Hard Summer attendee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Both the podcast and Belta Box are produced by Ant & Dec's own company, Mitre Studios.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
Last year, Dominion commissioned a report by the Mitre Corporation’s National Election Security Lab to assess the risks Halderman identified.
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
The towering split crest of Mitre Rock marked the approach to the slack stretch of water backed up by the boulder barrage over which tumbles Spokane Rapids.
From Down the Columbia by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman
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
In the midst of a series of mitred archbishops, and coroneted princes, the figure of a peasant occupies one of the most conspicuous positions.
From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Nathaniel Armstrong Wells
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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