— 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 ]