- the usual US spelling of mitre
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mi•tered
(mī′tərd),USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026- Religionshaped like a bishop's miter or having a miter-shaped apex.
- Religionwearing, or entitled or privileged to wear, a miter.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see miter, -ed3
mi•ter /ˈmaɪtɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Religionthe official headdress of a bishop, having an outline resembling a pointed arch in the front and back.
mi•ter
(mī′tər),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
- Religionthe 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.
- Religionthe office or rank of a bishop;
bishopric. - Judaismthe 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.
- Clothinga fillet worn by women of ancient Greece.
- Building[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.
- [Naut.]the inclined seam connecting the two cloths of an angulated sail.
v.t.
- to bestow a miter upon, or raise to a rank entitled to it.
- Buildingto join with a miter joint.
- Buildingto cut to a miter.
- Clothingto join (two edges of fabric) at a corner by various methods of folding, cutting, and stitching.
- Greek mítra turban, headdress
- Latin mitra
- Middle English mitre (noun, nominal) 1350–1400
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miter /ˈmaɪtə/ n , vb
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