crozier.

A staff with a curved or otherwise ceremonial head carried by certain bishops or abbots as a sign of office.

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Words that belong together

• a bishop’s crozier
• gilded crozier

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The bishop’s crozier glinted above the crowd.

A carved crozier rested beside the abbot’s chair.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular crozier; plural croziers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.