Definitions
a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
Word origin
From Middle English; originally referring to the staff bearer, from a merger of Old French words crocier (“bearer of a cross”) and croisier (“one who bears or has to do with a cross”), ultimately from Latin crux (“cross”).
Used in a sentence
““Nay, most gracious sovereign,” answered the Hermit, (well known to the curious in penny-histories of Robin Hood, by the name of Friar Tuck,) “it is not the crosier I fear, but the sceptre. […]””
“[…]the plastic tube hanging from his nose was attached to an upturned bottle on a tall stand on wheels that he pushed along beside him like a bishop pushing his crosier.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Bishop's hooked staff”7 letters
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