crozier
pronunciation
How to pronounce crozier in British English:
UK [ˈkrəʊziə(r)]
How to pronounce crozier in American English:
US [ ˈkroʊʒər]
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- Noun:
- a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
Word Origin
- crozier (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French crocier, from Medieval Latin crociarius "bearer of a cross," from crocia "cross;" also from Old French croisier "one who bears or has to do with a cross" (see cross (n.)). The two words merged in Middle English. Technically, "the bearer of a bishop's pastoral staff;" erroneously applied to the staff itself since 1733.
Example
- 1. I paid a lot of money to get nick crozier here .
- 2. Rock lying 4 mi nw of cape crozier , close off the n coast of ross island .
- 3. " The economic outlook for 2011 is uncertain and we continue to plan on a cautious basis , " chief executive officer adam crozier said in a statement .
- 4. In meticulous detail , crozier follows the soviet conquests across europe and into asia , africa , and the western hemisphere .
- 5. Timperley left journalism to become an adviser to the chinese ministry of information in 1939 , but continued to be consulted by the editor of the guardian , wp crozier .