crosier
Prelate's hooked staff
A crosier is a ceremonial staff carried by bishops and abbots, curved at the top like a shepherd's crook.
The shape symbolizes pastoral authority—the bearer as shepherd of a spiritual flock.
The crosier appears in religious ceremonies and ecclesiastical heraldry: The bishop processed down the aisle, crosier in hand.
Also spelled crozier.
Diocesan clergy head
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- mitrePointed clerical headwear
- vestmentCeremonial religious garment
- episcopalRelating to bishops
diocese · cathedral · prelate · liturgy · chasuble · stole · canonical · rector
Formal moving line
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
- MassCatholic worship service
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
consecration · vespers · sanctuary · chalice · incense · altar · sacrament · ceremony
Overlaid with gold leaf
- ornateElaborately decorated
- carvedCut to create form
- ivoryTusk-derived material
- silverLustrous white precious metal
jeweled · staff · curved · reliquary · medieval · Byzantine · enamel · filigree
One who tends flocks
- flockAnimals gathered together
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- spiritualRelating to the soul
guardianship · stewardship · apostolic · succession · office · leadership · oversight · responsibility
Ceremonial staff of sovereignty
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
sovereign · royal · ceremonial · insignia · orb · mace · investiture · enthronement
bishop
Diocesan clergy head
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- mitrePointed clerical headwear
- vestmentCeremonial religious garment
episcopal · diocese · cathedral · prelate · liturgy · chasuble · stole · canonical · rector · vicar
procession
Formal moving line
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
- MassCatholic worship service
ordination · consecration · vespers · sanctuary · chalice · incense · altar · sacrament · ceremony · veneration
gilded
Overlaid with gold leaf
silver · jeweled · staff · curved · reliquary · medieval · Byzantine · enamel · filigree · precious
shepherd
One who tends flocks
spiritual · guardianship · stewardship · apostolic · succession · office · leadership · oversight · responsibility · protection
scepter
Ceremonial staff of sovereignty
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
monarchy · sovereign · royal · ceremonial · insignia · orb · mace · investiture · enthronement · pomp
frond
Large, segmented plant blade
- fiddleheadUnfurling fern frond
- unfurlingOpening from rolled state
- coiledArranged in spirals
spiral · woodland · shade · understory · rhizome · spore · evergreen · fernery · botany · stipe
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- authority symbolsscepter, crown jewels, throne room, mace, orb
- Christian Symbolscrucifix, fish symbol, INRI, Alpha Omega, alpha and omega
- church itemscrucifix, altarpiece, altar cloth, altar candles, monstrance
- monastic itemshabit, cowl, robe, scapular, cincture
crosierwalking stick
Handheld support for ambulation
cane · fasces · hiking pole · cudgel · club
cross, crossing, crook, crochet, crossover, crossbow, crossbreed, crossbar, crossfire