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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Crosier \Cro"sier\ (kr?"zh?r), n. [OE. rocer, croser, croyser,
fr. croce crosier, OF. croce, croche, F. crosse, fr. LL.
crocea, crocia, from the same German or Celtic sourse as F.
croc hook; akin to E. crook.]
The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being
the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The true shape of the crosier was with a hooked or
curved top; the archbishop's staff alone bore a cross
instead of a crook, and was of exceptional, not of
regular form. --Skeat.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet Crosier
n : a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as
a symbol of pastoral office [syn: crozier]

Moby Dictionary
Malacca cane , alpenstock , baton , caduceus , cane , chain of office ,
crook , cross , cross-staff , crutch , crutch-stick , fasces , gavel ,
handstaff , keys , lituus , mace , mantle , miter , pallium ,
pastoral staff , paterissa , portfolio , quarterstaff , red hat , ring ,
rod , rod of office , scepter , shillelagh , staff , stave , stick ,
swagger stick , swanking stick , tiara , triple crown , truncheon ,
walking stick , wand , wand of office