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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crosier \Cro"sier\ (kr?"zh?r), n. [OE. rocer, croser, croyser fr croce crosier, OF croce, croche, F. crosse, fr LL crocea crocia, from the same German or Celtic sourse as F. croc hook; akin to E. crook.] The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God. Note: The true shape of the crosier was with a hooked or curved top the archbishop's staff alone bore a cross instead of a crook, and was of exceptional, not of regular form --Skeat. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crosier n : a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office [syn: {crozier}]
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