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mitra

English translation: miter, mitre

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Portuguese term or phrase:	mitra
English translation:	miter, mitre
Entered by:	Daniel Carr De Muzio

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16:53 Sep 1, 2007

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cooking / Culinary

Portuguese term or phrase: mitra

O nosso modesto Casimiro não compreendia
esta cobiça de uma mitra, cravejada de pedras vãs; para ele, a plenitude de uma
vida eclesiástica era estar assim aos sessenta anos, são e sereno, sem saudades e
sem temores, comendo o arrozinho do forno da senhora D. Patrocínio das Neves... Eça de Queiroz

T o b i a s

miter, mitre

Explanation:
"hat worn by those that were condemned by the inquisition"

Dicionário Houaiss da Lingua Portuguesa

mi·ter (mtr)
n.
1. The liturgical headdress and part of the insignia of a Christian bishop. In the Western church it is a tall pointed hat with peaks in front and back, worn at all solemn functions.
2.
a. A thong for binding the hair, worn by women in ancient Greece.
b. The ceremonial headdress worn by ancient Jewish high priests.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mitered