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bishop's mitre
noun
- a European heteropterous bug, Aelia acuminata , whose larvae are a pest of cereal grasses: family Pentatomidae
Example Sentences
The first figure â now on display at Madame Tussauds New York in Times Square â is based on Rihannaâs 2018 Met Gala outfit: a pearl-and jewel-embellished, seafoam and silver Maison Margiela Artisanal bustier minidress, jacket and open skirt ensemble complete with a bishopâs mitre.
He remembered fondly Christmases at old Fezziwigâs house, when that very punch would be served in a vast, fluted glass bowl in the shape of an upside-down bishopâs mitre â though Scrooge always suspected the name was more due to the fact that, in some more boisterous company, one referred to port wine itself as âbishop.â
âThey can arrest us until Jesus comes back,â said Makiti, wearing a bishopâs mitre with a miniature bottle of spirits hanging off it.
The church replaced it after the American Revolution with what is called a bishopâs mitre, which represented the shift from the Church of England to the Episcopal Church.
It's a simple and oft-overlooked accessory, but between Rihanna's bishop's mitre at the May 7 Met Gala in New York and the fascinator frenzy sparked by Saturday's British royal wedding where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will tie the knot amid a sea of stylish headgear, the hat is making a comeback.
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