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crosier

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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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It was, then, not without surprise and alarm, that at the very moment when Quasimodo was passing the Pillar House, in that semi-intoxicated state, a man was seen to dart from the crowd, and to tear from his hands, with a gesture of anger, his crosier of gilded wood, the emblem of his mock popeship.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
Enter the CARDINALS and BISHOPS, some bearing crosiers, some
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