crosier
A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end,…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.
Meaning
2 sensesA 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.
Bischofsstab, Krummstab
по́сохpósox
пате́ри́цяpatérýcja, по́сохpósox
a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
A young fern frond, before it has unrolled.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English; originally referring to the staff bearer, from a merger of Old FrenchFrom 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”).
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