mitred
9.3
Wearing the tall pointed hat a bishop wears
- adjective
- /ˈmaɪtərd/
- UK
:
mitrado
- And then Beckett is showing an incredible detail wearing his arch Episcopal clothing, wearing a mitre, carrying a cross shaped staff.
Examples
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As the mitred cleric passed by, the children all waved in excitement.
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The mitred bishop blessed the congregation during the ceremony.
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The priest wore a beautifully adorned mitred during the special service.
Surface Forms
Morphology
mitred = mitre (transparent) = mitre + ed
Formed from the noun 'mitre' with '-ed' to mean 'wearing or having a mitre', a standard past-participle/adjectival formation.
Etymology
The word mitred also comes from mitre, the special 'pointed hat' of a bishop, so calling someone 'mitred' means they wear or are allowed to wear that hat in church.
