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What (who) is Miter - definition
LITURGICAL HEADDRESSES WORN BY CHRISTIAN BISHOPS AND ABBOTS
Papal miter; Miter; Phallic hat; Mitred abbot; Mitred Abbot; Bishop's Hat; Mitria; Episcopal mitre; Mitre cap; Miter cap; Grenadier cap; Bishop's hat; Bishop's mitre; Mitre (headdress)
![Bishops of the [[Armenian Catholic Church]] in [[Jerusalem]] wearing mitres.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al Quds Patriarch.jpg?width=200 "Bishops of the [[Armenian Catholic Church]] in [[Jerusalem]] wearing mitres.")
![The evolution of the mitre, from the ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]'' (1913)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mitre evolution.gif?width=200 "The evolution of the mitre, from the ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]'' (1913)")
![Metropolitan]] Saint [[Chrysostomos of Smyrna]], martyred when the Turks captured the city in 1922.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mitre of Saint Chrysostomos Metropolitan of Smyrna.jpg?width=200 "Metropolitan]] Saint [[Chrysostomos of Smyrna]], martyred when the Turks captured the city in 1922.")
.jpg?width=200 "A Russian grenadier mitre.")
![Staunton pattern]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StauntonBishop2.jpg?width=200 "Staunton pattern]].")
![Mitre ''simplex'' traditional style: White [[damask]] with its white lappets ending in red fringes.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mitra simplex Gamarelli 2008-28-07.jpg?width=200 "Mitre ''simplex'' traditional style: White [[damask]] with its white lappets ending in red fringes.")
![[[Benedict XVI]] wearing a ''pretiosa'': elaborately embroidered mitre.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Visita di Papa Benedetto XVI a Genova - 2008-05-18 - Primo piano di Benedetto XVI.jpg?width=200 "[[Benedict XVI]] wearing a ''pretiosa'': elaborately embroidered mitre.")
![Papal Arms]] of Pope Benedict XVI. The [[papal tiara]] was replaced with a bishop's mitre.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coat of Arms of Benedictus XVI.svg?width=200 "Papal Arms]] of Pope Benedict XVI. The [[papal tiara]] was replaced with a bishop's mitre.")
miter
¦ noun & verb US spelling of mitre.
mitre
(US miter)
¦ noun
1. a tall cleft headdress that tapers to a point at front and back, worn by bishops and senior abbots.
2. (also mitre joint) a joint made between two pieces of wood or other material at an angle of 90°, such that the line of junction bisects this angle.
a diagonal seam of two pieces of fabric that meet at a corner.
3. (also mitre shell) a mollusc of warm seas which has a sharply pointed shell. [Mitra and other genera.]
¦ verb join by means of a mitre.
Derivatives
mitred adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr., via L. from Gk mitra 'belt or turban'.
Wikipedia
Mitre
The mitre (Commonwealth English) (; Greek: μίτρα, "headband" or "turban") or miter (American English; see spelling differences), is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity. Mitres are worn in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Anglican Communion, some Lutheran churches, for important ceremonies, by the Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, and also, in the Catholic Church, all cardinals, whether or not bishops, and some Eastern Orthodox archpriests.
Examples of use of Miter
1. Dressed in a white–and–gold robe and miter, Dziwisz walked in a procession to St.
2. Hong Kong Cable TV showed Zhan holding a gold staff and wearing the pointed hat, or miter, used by bishops.
3. Wearing shimmering gold vestments and a golden miter, Benedict told the crowd that God‘s love strengthened all of humanity.
4. She wore a chasuble and miter of purple, yellow, red and orange, representing the colors of sunrise.
5. Worshippers stood and faced the doors of the cathedral as Jefferts Schori knocked and entered, wearing a multicolored robe and miter.