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How to pronounce crosier in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms crozier
Type of staff

Examples of crosier

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The crosier is conferred upon a bishop during his ordination to the episcopacy.
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Crosier said the couple fought and Beverly Jones ran to a neighbor's house.
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Crosier knew Chaplin from her day job in the mailroom at the Record newspaper in Troy.
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Their party was called the Bagler, from an old Norse word meaning crosier.
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Crosier was found beaten inside a home for the disabled where she worked as a counselor.
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Other insignia include the processional cross, the mitre and the crosier.
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Crosier said during follow-ups, inspectors check only critical areas.
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In the foyer hung an oil painting that shows two angels supporting a bishop's miter and crosier.
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In Anglican tradition the crosier may be carried by someone else before the bishop in procession.
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More examples
  • A staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
  • A crosier (also known as a crozier, paterissa, pastoral staff, or bishop's staff) is a stylized staff carried by high-ranking Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran, United Methodist and Pentecostal prelates. Other typical insignia of many of these prelates are the mitre, the pectoral cross, and the episcopal ring...
  • (Crosiers) The Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross, commonly called Crosiers, are a Roman Catholic religious order.
  • A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office; : A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead
  • (Gr. Ravdos or Pateritsa). The pastoral staff of a bishop, signifying his responsibilities and the authority by which he spiritually rules his flock.
  • The bishop's staff ( a shepherd's crook) carried in a procession and held when giving the absolution or blessing.
  • The staff which a bishop carries when he presides at the liturgy.
  • A long staff with a shepherd's hook at one end, carried by bishops, archbishops, and abbots at liturgical events. from a German word meaning cross.
  • The staff of a bishop or abbot, shaped like a shepherd's crook