Examples of “crosier” in a Sentence

noun A hooked or cross-topped staff carried by a bishop, abbot or archbishop as a mark of office.

• The bishop walked down the aisle holding his crosier.
• The cathedral's treasury displays a silver crosier from the fifteenth century.
• A new abbot is handed a crosier as part of the installation service.

noun A young fern frond that is still tightly coiled before it unrolls.

• The crosiers along the woodland path were just starting to uncurl.
• She cooked the freshly picked crosiers as a spring vegetable.
• Each crosier sat coiled at the tip of the fern like a small green spring.