Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chiefly British Variant of miter.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- See miter.
Wiktionary
- n. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries.
- n. alternative spelling of miter.
- v. commonwealth alternative spelling of miter.
GNU Webster's 1913
- See miter.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made
- n. joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
- n. a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek μίτρα ("headband, turban"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Kentigern, resplendent in mitre and staff, is emblazoned on the coat of arms of the city of Glasgow.”
“Interestingly, the mitre is made from the same material as the rest of the set:”
Catholic Bamberg: The Vestments of Pope Clement II and Other Treasures from the Diocesan Museum
“It had an ecclesiastical sign -- the 'mitre' -- and a bar that seemed to be the next best thing to a bishopric, it was so snug.”
“A mitre is the pointy hat that bishops wear as a symbol of their office and authority.”
The Huffington Post: Diana Butler Bass: Mitregate: Anglicans in Crisis Over a Woman's Hat!
“Fig. 15 shows a butt joint planed at an angle of 45 degrees (commonly called a mitre), used for box feet, etc.”
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.
“In its earliest form the mitre was a simple cap of soft material, which ended above in a point, while around the lower edge there was generally, although not always, an ornamental band (circulus).”
“The giving of the mitre is a ceremony in the consecration of a bishop.”
“Greek bishop's mitre, which is called the Saghavard or helmet.”
“On the front of his mitre was a plate of gold "holy to the Lord.”
“All bishops are mitred,' said Dr Alder, testily; 'a crozier and a mitre are the symbols of their high office.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mitre’.
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Gene Wolfe
Please contribute your favorite words from any of Gene Wolfe’s books to this prize-winning list.
In case you come across words in this list which are too commonplace to fit in, please ...gallipot, roost, badelaire, oblesque, execration, dhole, amschaspand, arctother, chalcedony, penitence, asimi, autarch and 839 more...
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LIT - Ulysses - key words and phrases
money cowrie, bedraggle, omphalos, ineluctable, postprandial, bladderwrack, modality barnacle..., loofah, shipworm, cither, embattle, Malachi and 503 more...
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[Open] “What’s that on your head?”
Headgear: “anything worn on the head” (that isn’t part of the head). Hats are fine, but for a more detailed, wider selection of fashionable hats in all colors and sizes, please see Reese Tee’s li...
goggles, wig, headdress, cap, hackamore, halter, bridle, beanie, turban, hat, crown, chapeau and 126 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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Ecclesiastical Vestments
Names of articles of clothing and paraphernalia worn by or pertaining to the clergy in former and modern times. Trappings, uniforms, call them what you will. Because the term dog collar, once-remov...
mitra pretiosa, auriferata, chasuble, phelonion, plicata, garment, amphibalus, amphibalum, casula planeta, casula, tunicle, maniple and 109 more...
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Kalli's Words
redundant, munchkin, escapade, natch, boom, fap, geek, nocturnal, pedantic, tactile, conversant, oxymoron and 188 more...
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remnants of a catholic childhood
extreme unction, viaticum, maundy thursday, spy wednesday, good friday, papabile, monstrance, septuagesima, monsignor, thurible, chasuble, alb and 110 more...
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hats and headgear
Everything hats,things with hoods,hoods,scarves,crowns,useful
adjectival forms,hat expressions,
alternate spellingsbabushka, balaclava, bamoral, baseball cap, beanie, bearskin, beaver hat, beret, billycock, biretta, boater, bobble hat and 422 more...
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Hats Off!
trilby, porkpie, panama, fedora, pillbox, stovepipe, turban, boater, ball cap, pastorella, beret, bowler and 219 more...
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words found to be generally pleasing
alabaster, mahogany, camphor, coalesce, spire, portmanteau, gadabout, palaver, dolor, dour, dun, luminesce and 610 more...
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cistern
That which follows...
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ulyssean
... as in "by James Joyce"
stately, plump, aloft, gurgling, untonsured, chrysostomos, jowl, parapet, jesuit, indigestion, scutter, noserag and 688 more...
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Theological terms
List of common (and not so common theological words and phrases
hapax legomena, homoousia, transubstantiation, sacristy, mitre, liturgy, fisabilillah
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My Words
heuristic, malapropism, vicissitude, discursive, interstitial, velleity, phosphene, pandiculate, obdormition, vertiginous, flibbertigibbet, truculent and 128 more...
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Damieng's Words
lupine, sapor, boz imp, imp, ovine, saracen, haberdashery, tiebar, shill, cutler, cutaway, lucite and 218 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for mitre.
reesetee Thanks, John. Forgot to add that link. Apr 17, 2008
john Also see comments on this list. Apr 17, 2008
reesetee Also see miter. Apr 17, 2008