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Crosier

Crosier Meaning & Definition
Crosier Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crosier?

[n] a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crosier: crozier

Related Terms | Find terms related to Crosier: alpenstock | baton | caduceus | cane | chain of office | crook | cross | cross-staff | crutch | crutch-stick | fasces | gavel | handstaff | keys | lituus | mace | Malacca cane | mantle | miter | pallium | pastoral staff | paterissa | portfolio | quarterstaff | red hat | ring | rod | rod of office | scepter | shillelagh | staff | stave | stick | swagger stick | swanking stick | tiara | triple crown | truncheon | walking stick | wand | wand of office

See Also | staff

Crosier In Webster's Dictionary

\Cro"sier\ (kr?"zh?r), n. [OE. rocer, croser, croyser, fr. croce crosier, OF. croce, croche, F. crosse, fr. LL. crocea, crocia, from the same German or Celtic sourse as F. croc hook; akin to E. crook.] The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God. Note: The true shape of the crosier was with a hooked or curved top; the archbishop's staff alone bore a cross instead of a crook, and was of exceptional, not of regular form. --Skeat.

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