Found 2 items, similar to Crosier.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: crosier crosier n : a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office [syn: crozier]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Crosier 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]