mitrer

mitʁe

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Definition of mitrer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

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dignité religieuse

Dated

élever quelqu'un au rang d'évêque ou d'abbé

Dated

Le pape a décidé de mitrer ce prêtre exemplaire.

élever

sacrer

coiffure

Dated

coiffer quelqu'un avec une mitre

Dated

Le cérémonial exigeait de mitrer l'évêque avant la messe.

figuré

Dated

coiffer ou surmonter quelque chose

Dated

Les nuages mitrent le sommet de la montagne.

coiffer

surmonter

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Origin of mitrer

latin, mitra (mitre) (coiffe)

Examples of mitrer in a sentence

On a longtemps cru que Rome allait mitrer ce moine influent.
On se prépare à mitrer l'archevêque pour la célébration solennelle.
Les servants de messe s'affairent à mitrer le nouvel évêque.
La flèche mitre le clocher de l’ancienne cathédrale.
Une coupole dorée mitre le bâtiment principal du palais.

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English:consecrate, miter, ...
German:zum Bischof ernennen, mitrieren, ...
Italian:mitriare, imporre la mitra, ...
Spanish:consagrar como obispo, poner la mitra, ...
Portuguese:consagrar, mitrar, ...
Chinese:晋升为主教, 为某人戴上主教冠, ...
Japanese:叙任する, ミトラをかぶせる, ...
Arabic:سَامَ, تَوَّجَ, ...
Hebrew:לְהַסְמִיךְ לְבִישׁוֹף, לְהַכְתִּיר בְּמִיטְרָה, ...
Russian:возводить в сан, надевать митру, ...
Ukrainian:возводити в сан, надіти мітру, ...
Catalan:consagrar com a bisbe, coronar amb la mitra, ...
Danish:bispevie, sætte en mitra på, ...
Dutch:tot bisschop wijden, een mijter opzetten, ...
Greek:χειροτονώ σε επίσκοπο, τοποθετώ μίτρα, ...
Khmer:តែងតាំងជាប៊ីស្សព, ពាក់មួកមីត្រ, ...
Korean:주교로 임명하다, 미트라를 씌우다, ...
Polish:mianować biskupem, uczesać w mitrę, ...
Portuguese (BR):sagrar, colocar a mitra, ...
Romanian:a hirotoni episcop, a pune mitra, ...
Swedish:viga, sätta en mitra på, ...
Thai:แต่งตั้งเป็นบิชอป, สวมมิตรา, ...
Turkish:piskoposluğa yükseltmek, mitra takmak, ...
Vietnamese:phong chức giám mục, đội mũ mitre, ...

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