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mitred

mitred

English

Adjective

mitred (not comparable)

  1. Relating to an abbot's or bishop's mitre; wearing a mitre.
    • 1904, George Hodges, Fountains Abbey, the story of a mediaeval monastery, page 2.
      Their leaves were green when the Abbey rose in splendour, and mitred abbots walked in their shadow.
  2. Having a mitre joint.

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