cro|sier

cro|sier
cro|sier «KROH zhuhr», noun.
1. an ornamental staff, ending in a hook like a shepherd's crook, carried by or before bishops or certain abbots; crook. It symbolizes their pastoral office and duties.
2. Botany. the curled top of a young fern. Also, crozier.
[< Old French crosier, crocier crook bearer < crosse, croce hook < Vulgar Latin croccia < Germanic (compare Old High German chruckjā crook)]

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