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Definition of Crosier

1. Noun. A staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office.

Definition of Crosier

1. n. The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.

Definition of Crosier

1. a bishop's staff [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Crosier

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Literary usage of Crosier

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1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"STAFF cent. flu. a saltire arg. over all a crosier in pule or. ... Gu. a crosier in pale or surmounted by an open book arg. written sa. garnished and ..."

2. Costume of Prelates of the Catholic Church: According to Roman Etiquette by John Abel Nainfa (1909)
"crosier of Eastern Bishops. 1. The crosier or pastoral staff (baculus pastoralis) is an ecclesiastical ornament which symbolizes the pastoral authority of ..."

3. The Cross in Tradition, History, and Art by William Wood Seymour (1897)
"crosier " may be derived, not from the Latin erux, but the French ... The crosier is a staff or rod, of crosier. with a cruciform termination at the top. ..."

4. History of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1899)
"this compact the emperor resigned forever all pretence to invest bishops by the ring and crosier, and recognized the liberty of elections. ..."

5. A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry by John Woodward (1894)
"The crosier, or Pastoral Staff- Its History—The Celtic Staff—The ... Even in later times some abbots were content to use the crosier only as a mark of their ..."

6. Ivories by Alfred Maskell (1905)
"We have several other beautiful instances in the museum and in other collections of the same style of treatment of a crosier in ivory of the thirteenth and ..."

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