crosier: Meaning and Definition of

cro•sier

Pronunciation: (krō'zhur), [key]
— n.
  1. a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook. See illus. under.
  2. the circinate young frond of a fern.
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