crosier
noun
cro·sier ˈkrō-zhər 
variants or crozier
1
: a staff resembling a shepherd's crook carried by bishops and abbots as a symbol of office
2
: a plant structure with a coiled end
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web McElroy moved slowly during the service, often resting his hands on a wooden crosier, a staff shaped like a shepherd’s crook. 
San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2022
San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2022 Word History
Etymology
Middle English crocer crosier bearer, from Anglo-French crosser, from croce, crosse crosier, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English crycc crutch — more at crutch
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
crosiers
noun
variants or croziers
as in walking sticks
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- walking sticks
- whangees
- beetles
- crooks
- hammers
- knobkerries
- mauls
- mallets
- sledgehammers
- staves
- billy clubs
- rattans
- birches
- hickories
- waddies
- switches
- gavels
- bastinadoes
- crabsticks
- shillalahs
- bastinades
- staves
- canes
- maces
- bludgeons
- bats
- staffs
- blackjacks
- rods
- cudgels
- billies
- batons
- truncheons
- nightsticks
- saps
- shillelaghs
- clubs
- rungs
