unmitre

English

Alternative forms

• unmiter

Etymology

From un- +‎ mitre.

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.
   • 1644, 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:

     It is not the unfrocking of a Priest , the unmitring of a Bishop

Anagrams

• minuter, muntrie, run time, run-time, runtime, unmiter