CROSIER


Meaning of CROSIER in English

— crosiered , adj.

/kroh"zheuhr/ , n.

1. a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook. See illus. under cope 2 .

2. Bot. the circinate young frond of a fern.

Also, crozier .

[ 1350-1400; short for crosier-staff; ME crosier staff-bearer crocer 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .