Bartolome mitre

bartolomé
[bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (show ipa), 1821–1906, argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of argentina 1862–68.
historical examples

in six years the bartolome mitre and pergamino departments have lost, respectively, four-fifths and five-sixths of their sheep.
the argentine republic pierre denis

the nacion is a party organ in the best sense of the word, following the exalted traditions of bartolome mitre.
south america to-day georges clemenceau

noun
(christianity) the liturgical headdress of a bishop or abbot, in most western churches consisting of a tall pointed cleft cap with two bands hanging down at the back
short for mitre joint
a bevelled surface of a mitre joint
(in sewing) a diagonal join where the hems along two sides meet at a corner of the fabric
verb (transitive)
to make a mitre joint between (two pieces of material, esp wood)
to make a mitre in (a fabric)
to confer a mitre upon: a mitred abbot
n.

bishop’s tall hat, late 14c., from old french mitre, from latin mitra “headband, turban,” from greek mitra “headband, turban,” earlier a belt or cloth worn under armor about the waist, from pie root -mei- “to tie” (cf. sanskrit mitrah, old persian mithra-, god names; russian mir “world, peace,” greek mitos “a warp thread”). in latin, “a kind of headdress common among asiatics, the wearing of which by men was regarded in rome as a mark of effeminacy” [oed]. but the word was used in vulgate to translate hebrew micnepheth “headdress of a priest.”

(heb. mitsnepheth), something rolled round the head; the turban or head-dress of the high priest (ex. 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6, etc.). in the authorized version of ezek. 21:26, this hebrew word is rendered “diadem,” but in the revised version, “mitre.” it was a twisted band of fine linen, 8 yards in length, coiled into the form of a cap, and worn on official occasions (lev. 8:9; 16:4; zech. 3:5). on the front of it was a golden plate with the inscription, “holiness to the lord.” the mitsnepheth differed from the mitre or head-dress (migba’ah) of the common priest. (see bonnet.)