crosier

variants or crozier

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Recent Examples of crosier World & Nation Notre Dame’s resurrection: Its chief architect on rebuilding France’s ‘heart’ in 5 years Dec. 6, 2024 The ceremony began with Ulrich symbolically reopening Notre Dame’s grand wooden doors, tapping them three times with his fire-scarred crosier. Thomas Adamson and John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024 Monsignor Laurent Ulrich, the archbishop of Paris, will then officially reopen the cathedral by banging his crosier on the main door. Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024 McElroy moved slowly during the service, often resting his hands on a wooden crosier, a staff shaped like a shepherd’s crook. San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crosier
Noun
  • Indeed, their owner, from San Francisco, California, even caught the duo cuddling up on the sofa together, as Taco curled in the crook of the dog's legs.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • Scout your plants regularly, inspecting new growth, both the tops and bottoms of leaves, and in the crooks of stems.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • To break this invisible paint’s hold, place a thin, flexible putty knife in the gap and lightly tap it with a hammer.
    Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025
  • If confronted with someone with a hammer, most people would give up their bags.
    Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Wielding the gavel, the mayor tamped down any further discussion.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
  • Flanked by Republican legislators and members of his Cabinet, Trump signed the multitrillion-dollar legislation at a desk on the White House driveway, then banged down a gavel gifted to him by House Speaker Mike Johnson that was used during the bill's final passage Thursday.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • To prove Joseph has disappeared, Elijah then hits the lantern with a mallet (begging the question of what school administrator okayed this in the first place).
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 May 2025
  • Crush candies by hitting firmly with a meat mallet or small heavy skillet.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • During the Chelsea Garden party, King Charles carried around a walking stick.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 May 2025
  • Charles also sported a walking stick at the Royal Windsor Horse Show where he was seen talking with it to his brother Prince Edward and to football legend David Beckham.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The beetle invasion was first detected during a routine library cleaning.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
  • Drugstore beetles are also called cigarette beetles.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The half ended with the Free Jacks once again putting the Sabercats under pressure, trying to force their way over the tryline through a rolling maul, and twice failing to score.
    Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Minutes later, Hanover scored back-to-back tries with near identical mauls down the sideline.
    Marcello Rossetti, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025

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