<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church</li><li>a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise</li><li>the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch</li><li>the office or rank of a bishop</li><li>bishopric</li><li>the official headdress of the ancient high priest in Judaism</li><li>a gold plate engraved with the words "Holiness to the Lord"</li><li>a fillet worn by women of ancient Greece</li><li>an oblique surface formed on a piece of wood or the like so as to butt against an oblique surface on another piece to be joined with it (Carpentry)</li><li>the inclined seam connecting the two cloths of an angulated sail (Nautical)</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to bestow a miter upon, or raise to a rank entitled to it</li><li>to join with a miter joint</li><li>to cut to a miter</li><li>to join (two edges of fabric) at a corner by various methods of folding, cutting, and stitching</li></ul>