mitrate

Having a shape like that of an abbot's or bishop's mitre.

Adjective

  1. Having a shape like that of an abbot's or bishop's mitre.
  2. Wearing a mitre.

Origin

From mitre + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Related

mitre mitred mitriform

Noun

  1. One of an extinct group of stem group echinoderms.

Origin

From a substantivation of the above adjective through the associated taxon's name (Mitrata). Equivalent to mitre + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Forms

mitrates