crosier

[Cro·sier]

A staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office

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The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.

Noun
a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office


n.
The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.


Crosier

Cro"sier (kr?"zh?r), n. [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.] The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God. &hand; 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.

The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.

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