mitre

Example Sentences

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“They can arrest us until Jesus comes back,” said Makiti, wearing a bishop’s mitre with a miniature bottle of spirits hanging off it.

From Reuters

Keen on the iconography of pairing a steep mitre with a pair of flashy slip-ons, Benedict celebrated the majesty of clerical garments.

From The New Yorker

The church replaced it after the American Revolution with what is called a bishop’s mitre, which represented the shift from the Church of England to the Episcopal Church.

From Washington Times

Every time a new bishop donned his mitre was another chance to put the children and what was right both morally and legally ahead of criminals who just happened to be priests or deacons.

From Washington Times

In that latter category would be Rihanna, who never disappoints at a Met Gala and wasn’t about to start now - not when she could wear her own, ornate papal mitre, bejeweled minidress and cloak.

From Washington Times