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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cro•zier (krō′zhər),USA pronunciation n. - Religioncrosier.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: crozier /ˈkrəʊʒə/ n - a variant spelling of crosier
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cro•sier (krō′zhər),USA pronunciation n. - Religiona ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook. See illus. under cope 2.
- Botanythe circinate young frond of a fern.
Also, crozier. - Anglo-French. See crosse, -er2
- Middle French; replacing Middle English crocer
- 1350–1400; short for crosier-staff; Middle English crosier staff-bearer
cro′siered, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: crosier, crozier /ˈkrəʊʒə/ n - a staff surmounted by a crook or cross, carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French crossier staff bearer, from crosse pastoral staff, literally: hooked stick, of Germanic origin |