crosier
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crosier¹
- /ˈkɹəʊzi.ə/ UK
- /ˈkɹəʊʒə/ UK
- /ˈkɹoʊʒɚ/ US
Rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -əʊʒə
Where it comes from
From Middle English; originally referring to the staff bearer, from a merger of Old French words crocier (“bearer of a cross”) and croisier (“one who bears or has to do with a cross”), ultimately from Latin crux (“cross”).
noun crosiers · crozier
- 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. […]the lives of the Latin clergy were more corrupt, and the Eastern bishops might pass for the successors of the apostles, if they were compared with the lordly prelates, who wielded by turns the crosier, the sceptre, and the sword.
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A young fern frond, before it has unrolled.
Similar: fiddlehead
Crosier²
proper noun Crosiers
- A surname.
Translations
Every language
noun staff of a bishop or abbot
| Español | báculo, báculo pastoral |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 주교 지팡이 jugyo jipang'i |
| 中文 | 權杖 /权杖 quánzhàng |
| Português | báculo |
| Français | crosse |
| Deutsch | Bischofsstab, Krummstab |
| Italiano | bastone pastorale, pastorale, bacolo, vincastro |
| Ελληνικά | ράβδος rávdos |
| Română | pateriță |
| Русский | по́сох pósox |
| العربية | عَصًا ʕaṣan |
| עברית | מטה כמורה |
Talk about this word "crosier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crosier. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. crosier. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crosier "crosier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crosier.Cite this
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title = {crosier},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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