crosier
2 synonyms for crosier, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A hooked or cross-topped staff carried by a bishop, abbot or archbishop as a mark of office.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. 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.”
2. noun botany
A young fern frond that is still tightly coiled before it unrolls.
“The crosiers along the woodland path were just starting to uncurl.”
How to use crosier
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
Crozier is simply an alternative spelling of the same word, not a different term.
Etymology
Crosier comes from Middle English, where it named the person who carried the staff rather than the staff itself. The word grew out of two Old French terms, one for a bearer of a cross and one meaning to do with a cross, and both trace back to the Latin word for cross, crux.
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