Definition of crosier Crosier

cro•sier

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Noun

Plural: crosiers

crosier - a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office

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crosier (Noun)
A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.
crosier (Noun)
A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

crosier (n.)
The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

crosier
Crozier, krō′zhėr, n. a cross mounted on a staff, borne before archbishops and patriarchs—often confounded with the pastoral staff.—adj. Crō′siered. [O. Fr. crocier—Late L. crociarius—L. crux, a cross.]

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crosier, noun, singular of crosiers.

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