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   crozier

   /ˈkrəʊzɪə/

   noun

   • 1. a hooked staff carried by a bishop as a symbol of pastoral office.
   • 2. the curled top of a young fern.

   Word Origin Middle English (originally denoting the person who carried a processional cross in front of an archbishop): partly from Old French croisier ‘cross-bearer’, from crois ‘cross’, based on Latin crux; reinforced by Old French crocier ‘bearer of a bishop's crook’, from croce (see crosse).

   Scrabble Points: 18

   • C

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • Z

     10

   • I

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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