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cro⋅sier

  [kroh-zher]
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–noun
1. a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
2. Botany. the circinate young frond of a fern.
Also, crozier.

Origin:
1350–1400; short for crosier-staff; ME crosier staff-bearer < MF; r. ME crocer < AF. See crosse, -er 2

Related forms:
crosiered, adjective
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cro·sier or cro·zier   (krō'zhər)   
n.  

  1. A staff with a crook or cross at the end, carried by or before an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.

  2. Botany See fiddlehead.


[Middle English croser, from Old French crossier, staff bearer (influenced by croisier, one who bears a cross), from crosse, crosier, of Germanic origin.]
fid·dle·head   (fĭd'l-hěd')   
n.  

  1. Nautical A curved, scroll-like ornamentation at the top of a ship's bow that resembles the neck of a violin.

  2. Botany The coiled young frond of any of various ferns, some of which are considered a delicacy when cooked. Also called crosier.

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