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cleystaff

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cleystaff
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bishop's crook or crosier.

Obsolete

Etymology

Perhaps from cley + staff, but ‘more probably’ (according to the OED) from cleek + staff.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cleykstaff (alternative) cley-staffe (alternative) cleyke-staffe (alternative)

Questions

What does cleystaff mean?
A bishop's crook or crosier.
Where does cleystaff come from?
Perhaps from cley + staff, but ‘more probably’ (according to the OED) from cleek + staff.

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