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crosier
(redirected from Bishop's Crook)

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crosier, crozier
1. a staff surmounted by a crook or cross, carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
2. the tip of a young plant, esp a fern frond, that is coiled into a hook
crosier
bishop’s staff signifying his ruling power. [Christian Symbolism: Appleton, 21]
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The funds will be used to complete the Bishop's Crook lighting project that was started more than a decade ago.
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Bishop's crook A 14-YEAR-OLD thief who stole a pair of secateurs from a garden shed was "arrested" by the Bishop of Lichfield the Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill who caught him on Sunday, then called police.
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