crosier

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That was called a crosier, Daoud recalled, and was the cardinal's staff of office.

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  1. noun A staff with a crook or cross at the end, carried by or before an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.
  2. noun Botany See fiddlehead.

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  • Injustice and oppression were used more in the form of persuasion; and though the crosier was not less pernicious than the bayonet, it inflicted a less irritating injury. —  The Life, Studies, And Works Of Benjamin West, Esq.
  • As to the crosier which was in Declan's hand while he wrought this miracle, this is its name—the Feartach Declain, from the miracles and marvels [fertaib] wrought through it. —  Lives of SS. Declan and Mochuda
  • Bishop Peter weighed in with his silver crosier, forcing back the Gendarmes. —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 01 - July 2002
  • FLAXLE. The counter seal is a hand with a crosier, and other ornaments, viz., a fleur-de-lis, &c.;, surrounded by the words CONTRA SIGILLUM ABBATIS DE FLAXLE. —  The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account
  • Some of us can see the light resting upon a bishop's crosier, but we cannot see the radiance on the ordinary shepherd's staff. —  My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
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  1. Middle English croser, from Old French crossier, staff bearer (influenced by croisier, one who bears a cross), from crosse, crosier, of Germanic origin.
 

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