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The mitre (Commonwealth English) or miter (American English; see spelling differences; both pronounced / ˈ m aɪ t ər / MY-tər; Greek: μίτρα, romanized: mítra, lit. 'headband' or 'turban') is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity.
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Bishop's Mitre could refer to: several types of headdress, notably : a traditional, ceremonial head-dress of bishops and some other clergy in Christian Churches. See mitre. a variety of types of headdress worn by European Grenadiers from the 17th Century. Bishop's Mitre, a mountain in Labrador, Canada; the Bishop's Mitre, the shieldbug Aelia ...
When a bishop wishes to confer an ecclesiastical award or honor on a deacon or priest under his jurisdiction, this will normally be accomplished at the Little Entrance of the Divine Liturgy. At the end of the Third Antiphon (normally the Beatitudes ), the procession with the Gospel Book will halt at the bishop's cathedra (episcopal throne).
A red papal cope, worn with a mitre by Pope Benedict XVI. Under all these different forms, the cope has not substantially changed its character or shape. The cope is a vestment for processions worn by all ranks of the clergy when assisting at a liturgical function, but it is never worn by the priest and his sacred ministers in celebrating the Mass.
Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon Samuel Peploe, Bishop 1726–1752 Escutcheon: Azure on a chevron counter-embattled between three stringed bugle-horns Or a mitre with labels of the first. Edmund Keene, Bishop 1752–1771 Escutcheon: Argent a talbot passant Sable collared Or on a chief indented Azure three crosslets of the third.
A vimpa (plural: vimpae) is a veil or shawl worn over the shoulders of servers who carry the mitre and crosier during liturgical functions when they are not being used by the bishop, in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and some other western churches.
The Große Bischofsmütze (German: "great bishop's mitre") is the highest peak in the Gosaukamm range of the Dachstein Mountains, Austria.. Together with the Kleine Bischofsmütze (2,430 metres [7,970 ft]), the Große Bischofsmütze (2,458 metres [8,064 ft]) forms a distinctive twin-peak, with the two summits separated by the Mützenschlucht ravine.