Crosier

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈkrəʊziÉ™/, /ˈkrəʊʒə/
• US enPR: krōʹzhÉ™r IPA: /ˈkroÊŠÊ’Éš/

Alternative forms

• crozier

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").

Full definition of crosier

Noun

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

Anagrams

• cirrose
• corries