crosier
Meanings
Plural: crosiers
Noun
- a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
- 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.
- A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
crosier is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcrosier is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
crosier is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
crosier is a valid Words With Friends word