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Definition of Crosiers
1. crosier [n] - See also: crosier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crosiers
Literary usage of Crosiers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Az. two crosiers in saltire arg. the dexter oppressing the sinister the dexter
crook or ... Sa. two crosiers endorsed in saltire or oppressed by a mitre or. ..."
2. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and by James Balfour Paul (1893)
"Arg. two crosiers saltire-ways az. between a man's heart in chief ppr. and three
... Arg. two crosiers in saltire sa. between a heart in chief gu. and three ..."
3. The Story of the Stick in All Ages and Lands: A Philosophical History and by Antony Réal (1892)
"The two Swords.— The origin of the Crosier.— The Bishops of olden time, and those
of to-day. — Warlike crosiers.— That of Christian bishop of Mayence. ..."
4. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by George Lyman Kittredge (1890)
"15 ' Awaken ye, waken ye, Parcy Reed, Or by your enemies be taen ; For yonder
are the five crosiers A-coming owre the Hingin-stane.' 16 ' If they be five, ..."
5. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1896)
"crosiers.—One who can name plants only when they are in blossom is not much of
a botanist ; but if he has studied plants in their homes and can name them as ..."
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