crosier or crozier /krōˈz(h)yər/

1. The pastoral staff or crook of a bishop or abbot
2. An archbishop's cross (non-standard)
3. The coiled growing tip of a young plant, esp a fern

croˈsiered adjective

• gateposts
• gates
• gates of death
• gate-tower
• gate-towers
• gate valve
• gate valves
• gate-vein
• gate-veins
• gateway
• gateways
• gath
• gather
• gather breath
• gathered
• gatherer
• gatherers
• gather ground
• gathering
• gathering-coal
• gathering-cries
• gathering-cry
• gathering-ground
• gathering-grounds
• gathering-peat