Crosier

/ˈkɹəʊzi.ə/

Synonyms for "crosier" (45 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Noun(1 words)
bishop's staff

Strong matches (14)

Related words (22)

Noun(2 words)
pastoral staffstaff
paterissaportfolioquarterstaffred hatringrodrod of officesceptershillelaghstaffstavestickswagger stickswanking sticktiaratriple crowntruncheonwalking stickwandwand of office

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

2 entries
religious objectstaff

More specific

2 entries
abbot's crozierbishop's crozier

Collocations

6 entries
bishop's staffceremonial staffepiscopal authorityliturgical symbolpastoral insigniareligious artifact

Inflections

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

[…]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.

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“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. […]”

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[…]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.

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