Crozier, or Crosier. The pastorial staff of a Bishop. It was originally a walking stick and later acquired the symbolism of a shepherd's crook.

The crosier is used in ecclesiastical heraldry to represent pastoral authority in the coats of arms of cardinals, bishops, abbots and abbesses.

crosier is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French crocier, crossier; croisier.

The meaning of CROSIER is a staff resembling a shepherd's crook carried by bishops and abbots as a symbol of office.

A crosier is a staff with a curved top that is carried by bishops of the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and some European Lutheran churches and by abbots and ...

2 meanings: 1. a staff surmounted by a crook or cross, carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office 2. the tip of a young.

15 сент. 2023 г. · The crosier -- sometimes written 'crozier' -- or "pastoral staff" is, alongside the mitre, one of the most recognizable and iconic symbols of prelacy in the ...

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.

CROZIER definition: 1. a long stick with a decorative end that is curved or in the shape of a cross, carried by bishops…. Learn more.