crosier

Meaning

1. A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.
2. A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead

Synonyms

crozier

crook

crutch

🩼

golf club

grip

hockey stick

scroll

📜

staff

trail

butt

lacrosse stick

crosshead

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹəʊzi.ə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

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”).