crosier

or cro·zier

[ kroh-zher ]

noun
  1. a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.

  2. Botany. the circinate young frond of a fern.

Origin of crosier

1
1350–1400; short for crosier-staff;Middle English crosier staff-bearer <Middle French; replacing Middle English crocer<Anglo-French. See crosse, -er2

Other words from crosier

  • crosiered, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for crosier

crosier

crozier

/ (ˈkrəʊʒə) /


noun
  1. 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

Origin of crosier

1
C14: from Old French crossier staff bearer, from crosse pastoral staff, literally: hooked stick, of Germanic origin

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