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CROSIER
crosier, crozier
(noun) a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crosier (plural crosiers)
A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.
(botany) A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead
Anagrams
• cirrose, corries, orrices
Proper noun
Crosier (plural Crosiers)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Crosier is the 15127th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1949 individuals. Crosier is most common among White (92.1%) individuals.
Anagrams
• cirrose, corries, orrices
Source: Wiktionary
Cro"sier (kr"zhr), n. Etym: [OE. rocer, croser, croyser, fr. croce crosier, OF. croce, croche, F. crosse, fr. LL. crocea, crocia, from the same German or Celtic sourse as F. croc hook; akin to E. crook.]
Definition: The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.
Note: The true shape of the crosier was with a hooked or curved top; the archbishop's staff alone bore a cross instead of a crook, and was of exceptional, not of regular form. Skeat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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