Definitions for Mitre
Mitre
mi·tre
Spelling: [mahy-ter]
IPA: /ˈmaɪ tər/
Mitre is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 74 anagrams from letters in Mitre (eimrt).
Definitions for Mitre
noun
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Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
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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.
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the office or rank of a bishop; bishopric.
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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.
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a fillet worn by women of ancient Greece.
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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.
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Nautical. the inclined seam connecting the two cloths of an angulated sail.
verb (used with object)
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to bestow a miter upon, or raise to a rank entitled to it.
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to join with a miter joint.
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to cut to a miter.
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to join (two edges of fabric) at a corner by various methods of folding, cutting, and stitching.
noun, verb (used with object)
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miter.
Origin of Mitre
1350-1400; Middle English mitre (noun) Latin mitra Greek mítra turban, headdress
Examples for Mitre
mitremyces is made up of two words: mitre, a cap; myces, a mushroom.
"The mitre is stronger than the mitraille, after all," said D'Esmonde, boldly.
That night Philip slept at the "mitre," and next morning he went up to Ballure.
He dined at the mitre as of old, and presented Temple to Johnson.
"You'd be better if you'd come to the 'mitre,' and smoke a pipe," said Poppins.
After the ceremony, the pope ditched his mitre and ceremonial robes and hopped into the popemobile for a spin around the square.
And here I found him, and we supped at Oxford, and did very well at the mitre.
Besides, no one but Forbes Robertson could hope to look impressive in a mitre.
He had formerly been an Augustine friar, and was promoted to the mitre on account of his merit.
I thought that you had understood all this when you rescued me from those bullies at The mitre.