crosier

/ˈkrəʊziə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkrəʊʒər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkrō-zhər/ (ame, mw)

crosier — 名詞

  • crosiersingular
  • crosiersplural

1. a ceremonial staff with a hooked top that a bishop or abbot carries to show chur

1.名詞C2
釋義

主教杖

主教或院長儀式中持的彎杖

a ceremonial staff with a hooked top that a bishop or abbot carries to show church authority.

例句

During the procession, Bishop Nicholas carried a silver crosier beside the altar.

在遊行儀式中,Nicholas 主教在祭壇旁拿著一根銀色主教杖。

carry a crosier during a church ceremony

The museum label explained that the carved crosier once belonged to an abbot.

博物館標籤說明,那根雕花主教杖以前屬於一位修道院院長。

同義詞
  • 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.