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cro·sier or cro·zier C0760700 (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.]crosier (ˈkrəʊʒə) or croziern1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a staff surmounted by a crook or cross, carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office2. (Botany) the tip of a young plant, esp a fern frond, that is coiled into a hook[C14: from Old French crossier staff bearer, from crosse pastoral staff, literally: hooked stick, of Germanic origin]cro•sier or cro•zier (ˈkroʊ ʒər) n. 1. a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook. See illus. at cope 2. 2. the coiled tip of a plant part, as a fern frond. [1350–1400; short for crosier-staff; Middle English crocer staff-bearer < Anglo-French (Middle French crossier). See crosse, -er2] miter, mitre, crosier - The tall, pointy hat of a bishop or abbot is the miter/mitre—from Greek mitra, "headdress"; a crosier is a bishop's staff.See also related terms for staff.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | crosier - a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral officecrozierstaff - a rod carried as a symbol | TranslationscrosierenUK
crosier, crozier1. a staff surmounted by a crook or cross, carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office 2. the tip of a young plant, esp a fern frond, that is coiled into a hook crosierbishop’s staff signifying his ruling power. [Christian Symbolism: Appleton, 21]See: AuthoritycrosierenUK
crosier or crozier (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.crosierenUK
Synonyms for crosiernoun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral officeSynonymsRelated Words |