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mitre | x |

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.

As a verb mitre

is (commonwealth).

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

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)
  • Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----