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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.
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 ...
A form of mitre with coronet is proper to the Bishop of Durham because of his rôle as Prince-Bishop of the Palatinate of Durham. [50] For similar reasons the Bishop of Durham and some other bishops display a sword behind the shield, pointed downward to signify a former civil jurisdiction. [51] [52]
Bishop's Mitre is a mountain located 3 km (9,843 ft) east of Brave Mountain on the northern coast of Labrador in the Kaumajet Mountains. Noteworthy for the river carved down its middle, its appearance is like a steep tower, which lies on the north point of Grimmington Island , between Seal Bight and Cod Bag Harbour .
Aelia acuminata, common name bishop's mitre, is a species of shield bug belonging to the family Pentatomidae. [1] Distribution
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). The clergyman who is to receive the award will be presented to the bishop, the protodeacon will remove the bishop's mitre , the bishop will lay his hand upon the head of the clergyman and say the ...
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.
For the Extraordinary Form, in addition to the dalmatic, the tunicle, the particular vestment of the subdeacon, worn under the bishop's dalmatic, further to show the fullness of the major orders. Since the 19th century it looks almost exactly the same as the dalmatic. The mitre, the bishop's headdress. The crosier, the bishop's hooked staff.