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Crosier vs Cleystaff - What's the difference?

crosier | cleystaff |

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.

crosier

English

Alternative forms

* crozier

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • (botany): A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead

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    cleystaff

    English

    Alternative forms

    *cleykstaff *cley-staffe *cleyke-staffe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A bishop's crook or crosier.