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Nave Topical Bible
• Diadem. (Rsv, Mitre)
Thompson Chain Reference
• Mitre
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American Church Dictionary
• Mitre
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Mitre
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Mitre
Hastings' BibleDictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Mitre
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Mitre
People's Bible Dictionary
• Mitre
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Mitre
Webster Dictionary
• Mitring
• Mitred
• Mitre
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Archbishops Mitre
• Mitre
The Catholic Encyclopedia
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• מִצְנֶפֶת
• נֶתֶר
• צָנוףּ צָנִיף, , צְנִיפָה

The official covering for the head worn by the order of Bishops. It represents mystically the cloven tongues of fire which lighted on the heads of the Apostles on the Day of Pentecost. The mitre is worn by many Bishops of the American Church, and the General Convention, by its Committee on Vestments, declared, "The first Bishop of the American Succession (Bishop Seabury) was accustomed to wear the mitre in certain offices; and the first of our Bishops ever consecrated in America (Bishop Claggett of Maryland) continued its use. It has not been generally followed, but in the opinion of this Committee this historic fact justifies any Bishop in resuming it."