cleystaff

As nouns the difference between terms and cleystaff

is that terms is while cleystaff is (obsolete) a bishop's crook or crosier.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and cleystaff

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while cleystaff is a bishop's crook or crosier.

As nouns the difference between crosier and cleystaff

is that crosier is 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 while cleystaff is a bishop's crook or crosier.

In obsolete terms the difference between crook and cleystaff

is that crook is a support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut while cleystaff is a bishop's crook or crosier.

As nouns the difference between crook and cleystaff

is that crook is a bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure while cleystaff is a bishop's crook or crosier.

As a verb crook

is to bend.

As an adjective crook

is bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.

In obsolete terms the difference between bishop and cleystaff

is that bishop is the holder of the Greek or Roman position of {{term|episcopus|lang=la}}, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc while cleystaff is a bishop's crook or crosier.

As nouns the difference between bishop and cleystaff

is that bishop is an overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory while cleystaff is a bishop's crook or crosier.

As a verb bishop

is to act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.

As a proper noun Bishop

is {{surname|from=common nouns}.

Cleystaff is a alternative form of cleykstaff.

Cleykstaff is often a misspelling of cleystaff.

Cleykstaff has no English definition.

As a noun cleystaff is

a bishop's crook or crosier.

Cley is a derived term of cleystaff.

In obsolete terms the difference between cleystaff and cley

is that cleystaff is a bishop's crook or crosier while cley is a claw.