mitred

adj
/ˈmaɪ.təd/UK/ˈmaɪ.tɚd/US

Etymology

From Middle English mytred; equivalent to mitre (“pointed hat”) + -ed.

  1. inherited from mytred

Definitions

  1. Wearing an abbot's or bishop's mitre.

    • Mitred emissaries also passed from Gregory to the Emperor, summoning him to attend the diet within a time by which no one unwafted by wings or steam could have reached the place […]
    • Their leaves were green when the Abbey rose in splendour, and mitred abbots walked in their shadow.
  2. Having a mitre joint.

  3. simple past and past participle of mitre

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