crosier
noun
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
crosiered
-
a word derived from
crosier.
Example Sentences
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They shall lift The strong brow mitred, and the crosiered hand Before their presence sending Love and Fear To pave their steps with greatness.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by Aubrey De Vere
The black mummified corpse of the saint is stretched out in a glass coffin, clad in his mouldering canonicals, mitred, crosiered and gloved, glittering with votive jewels.
From Italian Hours by Henry James
