CROZIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crozier mean? 

• CROZIER (noun)
  The noun CROZIER has 1 sense:

1. a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office

  Familiarity information: CROZIER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROZIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

crosier; crozier

Hypernyms ("crozier" is a kind of...):

staff (a rod carried as a symbol)

 Context examples 

Shouldst have crozier for staff and mitre for cap. Well, well, for your sake I will forgive the Socman and take vengeance on none but on my own wilful self who must needs run into danger's path.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)