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  • 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 .
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    Beginning Monday, “Do Not Enter” signs and barricades will be installed on Middlesex Turnpike Extension at Bedford Street as part of a one-year trial program. The state last year completed an upgrade to Middlesex Turnpike that included replacing one stretch of the road with a new section that cuts across the fields at Mitre Corp. Middlesex Turnpike Extension is the name given to the old section ...
    July 21, 2013 - Boston Globe

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