mitre
See also: mitré
English edit
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Etymology edit
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. Doublet of Mithras, Mithra, Mitra, and Mehr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mitre (plural mitres)
- A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.
- 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.
- (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
- A cap or cowl for a chimney or ventilation pipe.
- A gusset in sewing, etc.
- (geometry, rare) A square with one triangular quarter missing from the outside.
- A mitre shell
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries
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joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges — see miter joint
See also edit
- (13th-c. counterfeit coin): pollard, rosary, crockard, leonine, scalding, steeping, eagle
- alb
- epigonation
- epimanikion
- epitrachelion
- maniple
- omophorion
- rhason
- sakkos
- sticharion
- zone
Verb edit
mitre (third-person singular simple present mitres, present participle mitring, simple past and past participle mitred) (Commonwealth)
- To adorn with a mitre.
- To unite at an angle of 45°.
Translations edit
to unite at an angle of 45°
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French edit
Noun edit
mitre f (plural mitres)
Further reading edit
- “mitre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
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mitre f
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Middle English edit
Noun edit
mitre
- Alternative form of mytre
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
mitre
- inflection of mitrar: