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# mitre

«mitre» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A tall headdress; in the Bible a turban of linen worn by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A tall headdress; in the Bible a turban of linen worn by the high priest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mitre/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The mitre is a part of the high priest's holy clothing. A gold plate engraved "Holy to the LORD" is tied to it. Interpretation: The rabbis taught that the mitre brought forgiveness for the sin of pride.

### examples

- And thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. (Torah EXO.29.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mitre/#x1)
- and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, (Torah EXO.39.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mitre/#x2)
- And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses. (Torah EXO.39.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mitre/#x3)
- And I said: 'Let them set a fair mitre upon his head.' So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments; and the angel of the LORD stood by. (Prophets ZEC.3.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mitre/#x4)
- thus saith the Lord GOD: The mitre shall be removed, and the crown taken off; this shall be no more the same: that which is low shall be exalted, and that which is high abased. (Prophets EZK.21.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mitre/#x5)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [And thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.847/)
- [And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1214/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mitre» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mitre/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.