Bishop’s headdress Crossword Clue

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Bishop’s headdress Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions
2. joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HEADDRESS (noun)
1. clothing for the head
BISHOP (noun)
1. a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
2. (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color

Hint 3: Anagram

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MERIT

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25. Baseball card brand

27. Lost fur or feathers

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33. Farm enclosure

34. Words before “don’t cry,” maybe

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38. Bought

39. Certain sib

40. Palindromic pharmaceutical

44. Creatures that can move their eyes independently of each other

47. Document or image, for example

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Down

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