Definition of "crosier" [cro•sier]

• A staff with a crook or cross at the end, carried by or before an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office. (noun)
• Botany See fiddlehead. (noun)

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• "Go, coin your crosier, melt your church plate down"
• "Only the bishops have retained the augurial staff, called the crosier; which was the distinctive mark of the dignity of augur; so that the symbol of falsehood has become the symbol of truth."
• "That was called a crosier, Daoud recalled, and was the cardinal's staff of office."