'Crosier' definitions:
Definition of 'crosier'
(from WordNet)
noun
A staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office [syn: crosier, crozier]
Definition of 'Crosier'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'crosier'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alpenstock,
- baton,
- caduceus,
- cane,
- chain of office,
- crook,
- cross,
- cross-staff,
- crutch,
- crutch-stick,
- fasces,
- gavel,
- handstaff,
- keys,
- lituus,
- mace,
- Malacca cane,
- mantle,
- miter,
- pallium,
- pastoral staff,
- paterissa,
- portfolio,
- quarterstaff,
- red hat,
- ring,
- rod,
- rod of office,
- scepter,
- shillelagh,
- staff,
- stave,
- stick,
- swagger stick,
- swanking stick,
- tiara,
- triple crown,
- truncheon,
- walking stick,
- wand,
- wand of office