English-Thai Dictionary
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 )〙.