Crosier Definition
krōshər
noun
A staff with a crook at the top, carried by or before a bishop or abbot as a symbol of pastoral function.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
(botany): A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead.
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Other Word Forms of Crosier
Noun
Singular:
crosier
Plural:
crosiersOrigin of Crosier
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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”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English croser from Old French crossier staff bearer (influenced by croisier one who bears a cross) from crosse crosier of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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