crozier

[ kroh-zher ]

noun

1. a variant of crosier.

crozier

/ ˈkrəʊʒə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of crosier

Example Sentences

Lacrosse got its name in the 1600s when a French missionary came upon the Haudenosaunee playing with curved sticks that reminded him of a “crosse,” or crozier, the staff that bishops carry.

From Los Angeles Times

Archbishop Cottrell is due to visit the Minster later to perform the traditional knocking three times on the west door of the cathedral with his crozier, or staff.

From BBC

The cathedral doors will be closed before the service and - following tradition - she will bang on the door three times with her crozier.

From BBC

Bishops were powerful and the phrase “a belt of the crozier” was still in use.

From The Guardian

“Your Grace, I must protest—” hisses Durufle, but the bishop cuts him off by stamping his crozier to signal the finality of his judgment.

From Literature