crosier
or cro·zier
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
Botany. the circinate young frond of a fern.
Origin of crosier
1Other words from crosier
- crosiered, adjective
Words Nearby crosier
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How to use crosier in a sentence
The crosier was perfect, and a part of the body was hard, and of a copper-coloured hue, whilst the other part was decomposed.
The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral | George S. PhillipsLausanne, extending its episcopal crosier from its lofty towers, pretended to keep the whole country at the feet of the Pope.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV | J. H. Merle D'AubignThe prelates had their swarms of armed retainers, and ruled their flocks with the sword as well as the crosier.
The statue has been mutilated in the mitre, the face, and the crosier; probably when the Huguenots were masters of the city.
Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. I. (of 2) | Dawson TurnerThe arms are crossed, as in prayer; and the left arm supported a crosier, the remnant of which is seen under that arm.
Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. I. (of 2) | Dawson Turner
British Dictionary definitions for crosier
crozier
/ (ˈkrəʊʒə) /
a staff surmounted by a crook or cross, carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
the tip of a young plant, esp a fern frond, that is coiled into a hook
Origin of crosier
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