mitre
mi tree
- n joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
- n the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made
- n a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions
- The Cardinal, vested in cope and mitre, blessing right and left, by his imposing stature dominated the cortege and the crowds as he has dominated the history of the past years .
- Doffing his purple cappa magna (long-trained cape), donning a golden cope and mitre, the Archbishop entered his Cathedral, ascended a throne on the Epistle (right) side of the .
- In heavy cope and towering mitre, Bishop John Joseph Cantwell of Los Angeles and San Diego approached a wiry, bespectacled prelate, wearing no cope but kneeling with mitre in .