crosier

See also: Crosier

English

Statue of Saint Augustine holding a crosier in his right hand.

Alternative forms

crozier

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊzi.ə/, /ˈkɹəʊʒə/
(US) enPR: krōʹzhər IPA^(key): /ˈkɹoʊʒɚ/

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

Quotations

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Translations

staff of a bishop or abbot

Dutch: bisschopsstaf
French: crosse (fr) f
German: Bischofsstab (de) m
Icelandic: biskupsstafur m, krókstafur m, bagall (is) m
Irish: bachall f
Old Irish: bachall f
Italian: bastone pastorale m, pastorale (it) m
Portuguese: báculo (pt) m

Romanian: pateriță (ro)
Scottish Gaelic: bachall m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} жезал m

Roman: ^{(please verify)} žezal m
Spanish: báculo (es) m, báculo pastoral m
Tagalog: bakulo

Anagrams

cirrose, corries, orrices

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