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

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

He says a routine inspection uncovered cracks at a mitre gate connection point, which is a mechanism that controls the lock’s water level.

From Seattle Times

Archbishops were often buried with gold-painted mitres – ceremonial headpieces – placed on their coffins.

From The Guardian