[mahy-ter] 
[mee-trey; Sp. mee-tre] | Bar⋅to⋅lo⋅mé [bahr-taw-law-me] , 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68. |
[mahy-ter] | 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. |
| 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. |
| mi·tre (mī'tər) n. & v. Chiefly British Variant of miter. |
Mitre
(Heb. mitsnepheth), something rolled round the head; the turban or head-dress of the high priest (Ex. 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6, etc.). In the Authorized Version of Ezek. 21:26, this Hebrew word is rendered "diadem," but in the Revised Version, "mitre." It was a twisted band of fine linen, 8 yards in length, coiled into the form of a cap, and worn on official occasions (Lev. 8:9; 16:4; Zech. 3:5). On the front of it was a golden plate with the inscription, "Holiness to the Lord." The mitsnepheth differed from the mitre or head-dress (migba'ah) of the common priest. (See BONNET.)
mitre
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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