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crosier
n. bishop's staff


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Crosier
A crosier (crozier, pastoral staff) is the stylized staff of office carried by high-ranking Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, some Lutheran and Pentecostal prelates. The other typical insignia of most of these prelates, but not all, are the mitre and the episcopal ring.
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crosier
Noun
1. a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
(synonym) crozier
(hypernym) staff


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Crosier
(n.)
The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.
  

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The ceremonial staff of bishops or abbots

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