"crosier" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɹəʊzi.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɹəʊʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɹoʊʒɚ/ [US] Forms: crosiers [plural]
enPR: krōʹzhər [US] Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊʒə Etymology: From Middle English ; originally referring to the staff bearer, from a merger of Old French words crocier (“bearer of a cross”) and croisier (“one who bears or has to do with a cross”), ultimately from Latin crux (“cross”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{m|fro|crocier|t=bearer of a cross}} crocier (“bearer of a cross”), {{m|fro|croisier|t=one who bears or has to do with a cross}} croisier (“one who bears or has to do with a cross”), {{der|en|la|crux|t=cross}} Latin crux (“cross”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} crosier (plural crosiers)
  1. A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office. Categories (topical): Catholicism Translations (staff of a bishop or abbot): عَصًا (ʕaṣan) [feminine] (Arabic), ասա (asa) (Armenian), ճոկան (čokan) (Armenian), пастара́л (pastarál) (Belarusian), bazh-eskob (Breton), bàcul [masculine] (Catalan), crossa (Catalan), 權杖 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 权杖 (khièn-chhóng) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 權杖 (Chinese Cantonese), 权杖 (kyun⁴ zoeng⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 權杖 (Chinese Mandarin), 权杖 (quánzhàng) (Chinese Mandarin), berla [feminine] (Czech), berle [feminine] (Czech), biskupská berla [feminine] (Czech), bispestav (Danish), bisschopsstaf (Dutch), episkopa bastono (Esperanto), bagal [masculine] (Faroese), crosse [feminine] (French), Bischofsstab [masculine] (German), Krummstab [masculine] (German), ράβδος (rávdos) (Greek), מטה כמורה (Hebrew), pásztorbot (Hungarian), püspökbot (Hungarian), biskupsstafur [masculine] (Icelandic), krókstafur [masculine] (Icelandic), bagall [masculine] (Icelandic), kroso (Ido), bachall [feminine] (Irish), bastone pastorale [masculine] (Italian), pastorale [masculine] (Italian), bacolo [masculine] (Italian), 주교 지팡이 (jugyo jipang'i) (Korean), baculum [neuter] (Latin), gana zizlis (Latvian), Bëschofsstaf [masculine] (Luxembourgish), же́зол (žézol) [masculine] (Macedonian), അംശവടി (aṁśavaṭi) (Malayalam), ճոկան (čokan) (Middle Armenian), bispestav [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bispestav [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), գաւազան եպիսկոպոսական (gawazan episkoposakan) (Old Armenian), hæcce [feminine] (Old English), bachall [feminine] (Old Irish), چوگان (čowgân) [archaic] (Persian), pastorał [masculine] (Polish), báculo [masculine] (Portuguese), pateriță [feminine] (Romanian), по́сох (pósox) [masculine] (Russian), bachall [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), berla [feminine] (Slovak), biskupská berla [feminine] (Slovak), škofovska palica [feminine] (Slovene), báculo [masculine] (Spanish), báculo pastoral [masculine] (Spanish), kräkla [common-gender] (Swedish), biskopsstav [common-gender] (Swedish), bakulo (Tagalog), pastoral asa (Turkish), пате́ри́ця (patérýcja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), по́сох (pósox) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-crosier-en-noun-gS8Ovo0I Disambiguation of Catholicism: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'staff of a bishop or abbot': 94 6
  2. (botany) A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Ferns
    Sense id: en-crosier-en-noun-dx2Ssac0 Disambiguation of Ferns: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crozier Derived forms: belt of the crozier

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          "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
          "word": "kroso"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jugyo jipang'i",
          "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
          "word": "주교 지팡이"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
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          "lang": "Latvian",
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          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "žézol",
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "aṁśavaṭi",
          "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "word": "bispestav"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
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          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
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          "word": "hæcce"
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          "lang": "Persian",
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          "word": "چوگان"
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "word": "bachall"
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          "word": "berla"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "patérýcja",
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      "word": "գաւազան եպիսկոպոսական"
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      "word": "пастара́л"
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      "word": "crossa"
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      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "word": "權杖"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
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      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
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      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
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      "word": "bispestav"
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      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
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      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "word": "מטה כמורה"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "io",
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
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      "word": "bachall"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "bachall"
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      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pastorale"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "jugyo jipang'i",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "word": "주교 지팡이"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "baculum"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "word": "gana zizlis"
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      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "žézol",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "же́зол"
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "aṁśavaṭi",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "word": "അംശവടി"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bispestav"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bispestav"
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hæcce"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čowgân",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "چوگان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pastorał"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "báculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "pateriță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pósox",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́сох"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bachall"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "berla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biskupská berla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "škofovska palica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "báculo"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "báculo pastoral"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
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      "word": "kräkla"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "biskopsstav"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "word": "bakulo"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "word": "pastoral asa"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "patérýcja",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пате́ри́ця"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pósox",
      "sense": "staff of a bishop or abbot",
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      ],
      "word": "по́сох"
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  ],
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}

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