crosier
/ˈkrəʊziə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkrəʊʒər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkrō-zhər/ (ame, mw)
crosier — noun
- crosiersingular
- crosiersplural
1. a ceremonial staff with a hooked top that a bishop or abbot carries to show chur
a ceremonial staff with a hooked top that a bishop or abbot carries to show church authority.
During the procession, Bishop Nicholas carried a silver crosier beside the altar.
carry a crosier during a church ceremony
The museum label explained that the carved crosier once belonged to an abbot.
Iris sketched the bishop's crosier after visiting the cathedral treasury.
At the ordination service, Bishop Walid received the crosier from the senior archbishop.
Asher noticed that the crosier's curved top looked like a shepherd's hook.
- crozier
the more common spelling of the same ceremonial object; the meaning is the same.
- staff
a much broader word for any long stick; it does not by itself suggest a bishop's ceremonial symbol.
- pastoral staff
a formal church term that stresses the object's symbolic role in religious leadership.
用法筆記
Used mainly in Christian church settings, especially when describing bishops, abbots, and formal ceremonies. In modern writing it appears more often in historical, religious, or museum contexts than in everyday conversation.