crosier

noun

variants or crozier
Definition of crosiernext
as in crook

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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. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025 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
  1. crook
  2. hammer
  3. gavel
  4. mallet
  5. walking stick
  6. beetle
  7. maul
Noun
  • His actions reduced the time the crooks had inside the house.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • If that code never shows up, a crook cannot talk you into reading it back.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of crook
Noun
  • The Dyson Supersonic Hairdryer was $400 and looked like Thor’s hammer.
    — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The head of a hammer, wrapped in two dishtowels, was found broken from its handle near her body.
    — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of hammer
Noun
  • Before Sue could answer, the defense objected, Judge Sullivan banged his gavel, and the question was stricken from the record.
    — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Jeffries, who is poised to become the House speaker if his party wins power and would be the first Democrat to wield the gavel since Pelosi, faces a party at a crossroads.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of gavel
Noun
  • Using a meat mallet or the bottom of a heavy skillet, pound the chicken to a uniform 1/2-inch thickness.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Learn to properly swing a mallet and glide across the field, or for the more confident rider, enjoy a day out playing with polo club members.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of mallet
Noun
  • In the parking lot, Schenk offered us walking sticks for our hike, then led us through a gate in a chain-link fence meant to keep out wild pigs.
    — Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
  • Its contents range from 19th-century anti-aging pills, to biologist Charles Darwin’s walking stick, to striking nude self-portraits by then-sexagenarian British photographer John Coplans.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of walking stick
Noun
  • The forest feels healthy even though it is pockmarked with dead standing beetle kills.
    — Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Something of a memento mori, the necklace flips the script on the beetle's role as the harbinger of untimely death in the original film and becomes instead a protective talisman for its wearer.
    — Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of beetle
Noun
  • Numia prevented an early Bulls lineout maul try then the All Blacks shoved the Bulls' five-meter attacking scrum backwards.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • While many college corners lean on lax officiating to grab and maul, Johnson stays disciplined.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of maul

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