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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mi•tered (mī′tərd),USA pronunciation adj. - Religionshaped like a bishop's miter or having a miter-shaped apex.
- Religionwearing, or entitled or privileged to wear, a miter.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see miter, -ed3
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mi•ter /ˈmaɪtɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religionthe official headdress of a bishop, having an outline resembling a pointed arch in the front and back.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] mitre. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mi•ter (mī′tər),USA pronunciation n. - Religionthe official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Religionthe office or rank of a bishop;
bishopric. - Judaismthe official headdress of the ancient high priest, bearing on the front a gold plate engraved with the words Holiness to the Lord. Ex. 28:36–38.
- Clothinga fillet worn by women of ancient Greece.
- Building[Carpentry.]an oblique surface formed on a piece of wood or the like so as to butt against an oblique surface on another piece to be joined with it.
- [Naut.]the inclined seam connecting the two cloths of an angulated sail.
v.t. - to bestow a miter upon, or raise to a rank entitled to it.
- Buildingto join with a miter joint.
- Buildingto cut to a miter.
- Clothingto join (two edges of fabric) at a corner by various methods of folding, cutting, and stitching.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] mitre. - Greek mítra turban, headdress
- Latin mitra
- Middle English mitre (noun, nominal) 1350–1400
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