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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mitre

The episcopal mitre symbolises the cloven tongues of fire which descended on the apostles on the day of Pentecost. (Acts ii. 1-12.) Greek and Latin, mitra, a turban.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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