crosier
/ˈkɹoʊʒɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "[…]the lives of the Latin clergy were more corrupt, and the Eastern bishops might pass for the successors of the apostles, if they were compared with the lordly prelates, who wielded by turns the crosier, the sceptre, and the sword."
- "“Nay, most gracious sovereign,” answered the Hermit, (well known to the curious in penny-histories of Robin Hood, by the name of Friar Tuck,) “it is not the crosier I fear, but the sceptre. […]”"
- "[…]the plastic tube hanging from his nose was attached to an upturned bottle on a tall stand on wheels that he pushed along beside him like a bishop pushing his crosier."
Etymology
From Middle English; originally referring to the staff bearer, from a merger of Old French words crocier (“bearer of a cross”) and croisier (“one who bears or has to do with a cross”), ultimately from Latin crux (“cross”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɹoʊʒɚ/
- British English: /ˈkɹəʊzi.ə/