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crosier

N คฑา ที่ พระ คริสตศาสนา ถือ  crosier

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CROSIER

n. 1. A bishop crook or pastoral staff, a symbol of pastoral authority and care. It consists of a gold or silver staff, crooked at the top, and is carried occasionally before bishops and abbots, and held in the hand when they give solemn benedictions. The use of crosiers is ancient. Originally a crosier was a staff with a cross on the top, in form of a crutch or T.
2. In astronomy, four stars in the southern hemisphere, in the form of a cross.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CROSIER

Cro "sier (kr "zhr ), n. Etym: [OE. rocer, croser, croyser, fr. croce crosier, OF. croce, croche, F. crosse, fr. LL. crocea, crocia, from the same German or Celtic sourse as F. croc hook; akin to E. crook. ]

 

Defn: The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.

 

Note: The true shape of the crosier was with a hooked or curved top; the archbishop's staff alone bore a cross instead of a crook, and was of exceptional, not of regular form. Skeat.

 

CROSIERED

CROSIERED Cro "siered (-zhrd ), a.

 

Defn: Bearing a crosier.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

crosier

cro sier |ˈkroʊʒər | noun variant spelling of crozier.

 

Oxford Dictionary

crosier

crosier |ˈkrəʊzɪə, -ʒə | noun variant spelling of crozier.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

crosier

cro sier /króʊʒə r |krə́ʊziə /名詞 C 牧杖 じよう 〘bishopが儀式などの時に持つ杖 つえ .