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mitre (US), miter

Christianity the liturgical headdress of a bishop or abbot, in most western churches consisting of a tall pointed cleft cap with two bands hanging down at the back

miter, mitre

The oblique surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made.

mitre

British variant of miter.

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No references found			Pocket: who was also in the first bloom of youth, and not quite decided whether to mount to the Woolsack, or to roof himself in with a mitre. Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context His head, full of graceful majesty, was covered with the episcopal mitre, a headdress which gave it, in addition to the character of sovereignty, that of asceticism and evangelic meditation. Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context Two on 'em meeting promiscuous must have hitched one another by the mitre pretty often, I should say. The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context			Mito Mitochondria mitochondrial crest mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid mitochondrial genome mitochondrial plasmid mitochondrion mitogen mitogen-activated protein kinases mitogenesis Mitogenetic Rays mitomycin mitoplast Mitosis Mitotic Apparatus mitotic center mitotic chromosomes Mitotic Cycle mitotic index mitotic inhibitor mitotic poison Mitra mitral commissurotomy mitral stenosis mitral valve mitre mitre arch mitre cap MITRE Corporation Mitre, Bartolome Mitre, Bartolomé Mitrei Kedra mitriform Mitrofan Beliaev Mitrofan Bodnarskii Mitrofan Borisovich Grekov Mitrofan Danilovich Muravskii Mitrofan Dovnar-Zapolskii Mitrofan Efimovich Piatnitskii Mitrofan Fedorovich Khandrikov Mitrofan Grekov Mitrofan Ivanov-KozelSkii Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin Mitrofan Ivanovich Shlomin Mitrofan Khandrikov Mitrofan Kuzmich Turskii Mitrofan Levchenko Mitrofan Muravskii Mitrofan Nedelin Mitrofan Petrovich Beliaev Mitrofan Piatnitskii			Mitral valve prolapse syndrome Mitral valve prolapse syndrome Mitral valve prolapse syndrome Mitral valve prolapse syndrome Mitral Valve Prolapse, Familial Mitral valve prolapse, familial, autosomal dominant Mitral valve prolapse, familial, autosomal dominant Mitral valve prolapse, familial, X linked Mitral valve prolapse, familial, X linked Mitral valve regurgitation Mitral valve regurgitation Mitral valve replacement Mitral Valve Replacement Operation Mitral Valve Replacement with Total Chordal Preservation mitral valve stenosis mitral valve stenosis mitral valve stenosis Mitral Valve Stroke Volume Mitral Valve Surface Area Mitral valves Mitral valves Mitral valves Mitral-Aortic Interventricular Fibrosa Mitral/Tufted mitralization Mitralvalve Mitralvalve Mitralvalve Mitran Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology mitre mitre arch mitre block mitre blocks mitre board mitre boards mitre box mitre box mitre boxes mitre cap MITRE Corporation MITRE Corporation mitre gear mitre joint mitre joint mitre joints mitre joints Mitre saw Mitre saw (handsaw) mitre shell mitre shell mitre shells mitre shells Mitre Square Mitre Text and Audio Processing mitre wheel Mitre, Bartolome Mitre, Bartolomé Mitre-crozier appliqué Mitre-crozier appliqué Mitre-crozier appliqué

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