mitre

From Middle English mytre, from Old French mitre, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”). Its use in reference to a counterfeit coin derived from the bishop's mitre stamped upon it.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪtəɹ/
• Hyphenation: mi‧tre
• Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)

mitre (plural mitres)

1. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.

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2. (heraldry) A heraldic representation of this covering, usually displayed on top of a bishop's or archbishop's coat of arms.
3. The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
4. (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
5. A cap or cowl for a chimney or ventilation pipe.
6. A gusset in sewing, etc.

• (13th-c. counterfeit coin): pollard, rosary, crockard, leonine, scalding, steeping, eagle
• alb
• epigonation
• epimanikion
• epitrachelion
• maniple
• omophorion
• rhason
• sakkos
• sticharion
• zone

mitre (third-person singular simple present mitres, present participle mitring, simple past and past participle mitred) (Commonwealth of Nations)

1. To adorn with a mitre.
2. To unite at an angle of 45°.

• ermit, merit, miter, remit, timer

mitre f

1. plural of mitra

• metri
• termi
• timer
• tremi

mitre

1. Alternative form of mytre