<P> The mitre (British English) (/ ˈmaɪtər /; Greek: μίτρα, "headband" or "turban") or miter (American English; see spelling differences), is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial head - dress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity . Mitres are worn in the Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, as well as in the Anglican Communion, some Lutheran churches, and also bishops and certain other clergy in the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Oriental Orthodox Churches . The Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church also wears a mitre during important ceremonies such as the Episcopal Consecration . </P> <P> μίτρα, mítra (Ionic μίτρη, mítrē) is Greek, and means a piece of armor, usually a metal guard worn around the waist and under a cuirass, as mentioned in Homer's Iliad; in later Poets, a headband used by women for their hair; and a sort of formal Babylonian head dress, as mentioned by Herodotus (Histories 1.195 and 7.90). It also refers to a kind of hairband, such as: the victor's chapter at the games; a headband and a badge of rank at the Ptolemaic court; an oriental headdress, perhaps a kind of turban, etc. as a mark of effeminacy, a diadem; headdress of the priest of Heracles; headdress of the Jewish high priest al . </P>

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