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Bishop’s Mitre

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Dean Stanley tells us that the cleft of a bishop’s mitre represents the mark of the crease of the mitre, when folded and carried under the arm, like an opera hat. (Christian Institutions, p. 154.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bis
Biscuit (French-Latin, bis, twice; cuit, baked)
Bise
Bishop (Evêque)
Bishop, Cardinal, Pope (as beverages):
Bishop Barnaby
Bishop in Partibus
Bishop of Hippo
Bishop’s Apron
Bishop’s Bible (The)
Bishop’s Mitre
Bissextile
Bisson
Bistonians
Bit
Bit (of a horse)
Bit
Bite
Bite
Bitelas
Bites and Bams