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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.
In the Catholic Church, the use of the mitre above the shield on the personal arms of clergy was suppressed in 1969, [46] and is now found only on some corporate arms, like those of dioceses. Previously, the mitre was often included under the hat, [47] and even in the arms of a cardinal, the mitre was not entirely displaced. [48]
Latin Church clergy other than bishops, in particular any who are abbots or apostolic prefects or ordinary of a personal ordinariate, may wear pontifical items. Mitre, crosier and ring are bestowed on an abbot at his blessing and the pectoral cross is a customary part of an abbatial habit. There are limitations as to where and when abbots may ...
The Church of England experienced a long controversy over the proper use of vestments. [7] In the 20th and 21st century, usual vestments for the Anglican church have included either cassock (a derivative of the tunic) and surplice, with scarf (tippet) or stole, or else the alb (with or without a cincture) and stole, often with a chasuble.
Solemn Pontifical High Mass celebrated by Pope John XXIII in St. Peter's Basilica in the early 1960s. A mitre and papal tiaras are placed on the altar. The papal tiara was never worn for liturgical celebrations, such as Mass. At such functions the Pope, like other bishops, wore a mitre.
Mitre and double cross of an archbishop. Crozier at the right. Blue shield for Saint Mary. Pallium. Red rose of Lancashire. Anchor of the port of Liverpool. Yellow and red tassels of the archbishop's mitre. [9] Hexham and Newcastle, Blazon not available. Motto: Worship Witness Service [10] Lancaster, Blazon not available. [11] Leeds, Blazon not ...
Archimandrite Martin Marek Krupica fully vested with mitre. In 1764, the Russian Orthodox Church organized its monasteries and ranked them in one of three classes, awarding only the abbots at the head of monasteries of the second or first class the title of archimandrite. Abbots of third class monasteries were to be styled "hegumen".
At solemn papal liturgical occasions the Pope is assisted by two cardinal-deacons each vested in a dalmatic and wearing a mitra simplex (simple white mitre). In the Roman Catholic Church the subdeacons wore a vestment called the tunicle, which was originally distinct from a dalmatic, but by the 17th century the two had become identical, though ...