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Recent Examples of crosier
Some of these coins feature a bishop holding a crozier in his right hand, as noted in the press release.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
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
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
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
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Against Maduro and his crooks, who turn our country into a humanitarian crisis.—
David Unsworth,
FOXNews.com,
3 Jan. 2026
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The man attempted to intercept the hulking crook, who punched the victim in the face, cops said.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The man, David Wayne DePape, was sentenced to life in prison for the attack with a hammer that left Paul Pelosi bleeding and unconscious.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sourced from a military memorabilia trader in Dallas, Texas, the helmet was flattened in a press, rather than with a hammer, to preserve its original markings and imperfections.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That's the day that leadership will drop the gavel to begin proceedings and lawmakers will start holding meetings.—
Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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Louijeune won’t hand over the gavel to the new president either.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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According to police, the 37-year-old woman and her daughters followed the alleged victim into a cafe on the 1100 block of Oak Street, across the street from the Oakland Museum of California, hit her with the mallet, ripped out her hair and took her phone.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
30 Oct. 2025
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Crush into fine crumbs with a rolling pin or meat mallet.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Bring Trekking Poles Bring a walking stick or hiking poles to help reduce the balance challenge and encourage your upper-body muscles to take on some of the stress your knees may otherwise field, Sommer says.—
Jenny McCoy,
Outside,
24 Dec. 2025
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Investigators recovered some of the clothing and a walking stick that Silva was seen wearing and carrying in the surveillance footage in a parking lot accessible on foot from the Eastern Bank ATM that exploded.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
2 Dec. 2025
Noun
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One tactic foresters have tried is to release wasps that feed on the beetle, keeping the pest at bay while new trees have time to grow.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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The lady beetle is known primarily as a tree-dwelling species, but it can be found on almost any plant where aphids occur.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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Minutes later, Hanover scored back-to-back tries with near identical mauls down the sideline.—
Marcello Rossetti,
Boston Herald,
14 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Crosier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosier. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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