mi·tered \ˈmīd.ə(r)d, ˈmītə-\adjective Etymology: Middle English mitred, from mitre + -ed; translation of Medieval Latin mitratus, from Latin, wearing a turban — more at mitrate 1.: wearing a miter < stood robed and mitered before the altar > 2.: having an upper part shaped like a miter < the mitered headgear of the knight's lady >