mitred

Milton was no Bishop-lover; how comes St. Peter to be "mitred"?

Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various

I have nearly finished a mitred-square blanket as a way to use up the sock yarn leftovers.

Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

The piece has a mitred border and a mitred flange - which is a new one for me - it really wanted to have the flange, but it also wanted to be mitred, so I gave it a go - it works ok, though it's a little thick at the seams.

Minis, minis, everywhere katelnorth 2008

In Wales it was not unknown for son to follow sire in the cure of a parish, and worse, for the sons of bishops to take it for granted they should succeed their mitred fathers, as though the supreme offices of the Church had been turned into heritable fiefs.

His Disposition 2010

The bishop was also titular abbot of the Benedictine monastery in the town, and the head of the household of monks bore the title of prior, but was mitred like an abbot.

A River So Long 2010

A recent visit to the house revealed that these corners must have finally failed or become too energy inefficient, as there was an additional mullion (black, I think) in place of each mitred corner.

Question: Info on Architect Herb Fritz? 2008

My natural inclination for log cabins (and indeed, most quilts these days) is mitred corners, but I think that's a bit much to ask of a nine-year old, so we won't be doing it that way.

Archive 2007-04-01 katelnorth 2007

My natural inclination for log cabins (and indeed, most quilts these days) is mitred corners, but I think that's a bit much to ask of a nine-year old, so we won't be doing it that way.

All together now katelnorth 2007

The windows of the lower floors were dark and shuttered, but light poured through the mitred arches of the third-story windows, like a line of flame burning along the ridge of a distant mountain range.

Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

So, instead, the pitch is to attend a church – any church, or even religion “tradition” as bishops like to say; and for those less than enamoured with rampant inclusion, there is always a chance of a conversation about gay priests with one of the mitred reverends.

2009 September « Anglican Samizdat 2009