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CROSIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crosier mean?
• CROSIER (noun)
The noun CROSIER has 1 sense:
1. a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
Familiarity information: CROSIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
crosier; crozier
Hypernyms ("crosier" is a kind of...):
staff (a rod carried as a symbol)
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