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Brewer's: Bishop's Mitre
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.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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