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unmitre

unmitre verb: to deprive of a mitre; to depose from the rank of bishop.

Verb

unmitre (third-person singular simple present unmitres, present participle unmitring, simple past and past participle unmitred)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of a mitre; to depose from the rank of bishop.
    • It is not the unfrocking of a Priest , the unmitring of a Bishop1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC

Forms of unmitre

third-person singular presentunmitres
present participleunmitring
past participleunmitred
pastunmitred
alternative formunmiter

Origin of unmitre

From un- + mitre.

Questions about unmitre

What does unmitre mean?
Unmitre means to deprive of a mitre; to depose from the rank of bishop.
What part of speech is unmitre?
Unmitre is a verb.
What is the past tense of unmitre?
The past tense of unmitre is unmitred.

Words near unmitre in the dictionary

  1. unmitigably
  2. unmitigated
  3. unmitigatedly
  4. unmitigatedness
  5. unmitigative
  6. unmitre
  7. unmitred
  8. unmitres
  9. unmitring
  10. unmittened
  11. unmix

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