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crosier

American  
[kroh-zher] / ˈkroʊ ʒər /
Or crozier

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.

crosier British  
/ 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

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Other Word Forms

  • crosiered adjective

Etymology

Origin of crosier

1350–1400; short for crosier-staff; Middle English crosier staff-bearer < Middle French; replacing Middle English crocer < Anglo-French. See crosse, -er 2

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