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Mitered vs Mitre - What's the difference?

mitered | mitre |

As verbs the difference between mitered and mitre

is that mitered is (miter) while mitre is (commonwealth).

As a noun mitre is

a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries it has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.

mitered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (miter)

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    miter

    English

    (miter joint)

    Alternative forms

    * mitre

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to finish a material at an angle, frequently 45 degrees, or sometimes with some specific shape, so that it will fit up tightly against another piece of material, as with a picture frame.

    • Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

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    mitre

    English

    (wikipedia mitre)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.
    • (Fairholt)
  • (heraldry) A heraldic representation of this covering, usually displayed on top of a bishop's or archbishop's coat of arms.
  • The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
  • A sort of base money or coin.

    • See also

    * alb * epigonation * epimanikion * epitrachelion * maniple * omophorion * rhason * sakkos * sticharion * zone

    Verb

    (mitr)
  • (commonwealth)

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