crosier
- 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.
- A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɹəʊzi.ə/
Etymology
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”).
crosse
pastorale
báculo
báculo
bàcul
Bischofsstab
bisschopsstaf
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