crosier

• crozier

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊzi.ə/, /ˈkɹəʊʒə/

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• (US) enPR: krōʹzhər IPA^(key): /ˈkɹoʊʒɚ/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊʒə

crosier (plural crosiers)

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. (botany) A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:crosier.

• cirrose, corries, orrices