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mi⋅ter

  [mahy-ter]
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–noun
1. the 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.
2. the office or rank of a bishop; bishopric.
3. Judaism. the 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.
4. a fillet worn by women of ancient Greece.
5. 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.
6. Nautical. the inclined seam connecting the two cloths of an angulated sail.
–verb (used with object)
7. to bestow a miter upon, or raise to a rank entitled to it.
8. to join with a miter joint.
9. to cut to a miter.
10. to join (two edges of fabric) at a corner by various methods of folding, cutting, and stitching.
Also, especially British, mitre.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME mitre (n.) < L mitra < Gk mítra turban, headdress
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mi·ter   (mī'tər)   
n.  

  1. The liturgical headdress and part of the insignia of a Christian bishop. In the Western church it is a tall pointed hat with peaks in front and back, worn at all solemn functions.

    1. A thong for binding the hair, worn by women in ancient Greece.

    2. The ceremonial headdress worn by ancient Jewish high priests.

    3. A miter joint.

    4. The edge of a piece of material that has been beveled preparatory to making a miter joint.

    5. A miter square.

    1. A miter joint.

    2. The edge of a piece of material that has been beveled preparatory to making a miter joint.

    3. A miter square.

v.   mi·tered, mi·ter·ing, mi·ters

v.   tr.

  1. To bestow a miter upon.

    1. To make (two pieces or surfaces) join with a miter joint.

    2. To bevel the edges of for joining with a miter joint.

v.   intr.
To meet in a miter joint.

[Middle English mitre, from Old French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin mitra, headdress of the Jewish high priest, from Greek.]
mi'ter·er n.
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Word Origin & History

miter  (1)
"bishop's tall hat," c.1380, from O.Fr. mitre, from L. mitra, from Gk. mitra "headband, turban," earlier a piece of armor worn about the waist, from PIE base *mei- "to tie" (cf. Skt. Mitrah, O.Pers. Mithra-, god names; Rus. mir "world, peace," Gk. mitos "a warp thread"). In L., "a kind of headdress common among Asiatics, the wearing of which by men was regarded in Rome as a mark of effeminacy" [OED]. But the word was used in Vulgate to translate Heb. micnepheth "headdress of a priest."

miter  (2)
in the carpentry sense of "joint at a 45 degree angle," 1678, is perhaps from miter (1), via notion of joining of the two peaks of the folded cap.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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miter

liturgical headdress worn by Roman Catholic bishops and abbots and some Anglican and Lutheran bishops. It has two shield-shaped stiffened halves that face the front and back. Two fringed streamers, known as lappets, hang from the back. It developed from the papal tiara and came into use in the 11th century.

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