variants
or crozier
as in crook
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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.
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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
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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The big picture: Trump has dolled out pardons to people accused of a wide variety of crimes, including Jan. 6 rioters, white-collar crooks and political adversaries' opponents.—
Sareen Habeshian,
Axios,
31 Mar. 2025
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The couple estimated the crooks made off with $1,105,000 in loot.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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If the Administration were not using this kind of fake (to borrow a term) legalism as an excuse to take a hammer to higher education, the letter might be funny.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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The indiscriminate slashing has given impotent Democrats a hammer to use against the administration.—
Nolan Finley,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Self then struck down his gavel and abruptly ended the meeting.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2025
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Self then quickly tapped his gavel and adjourned the meeting.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Reverso watch was made especially for polo players who could flip the case to protect the dial from the swinging wooden mallets, and fast-flying balls.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Despite playing with a cast on his right pinky for the last three weeks, Holiday is shooting 38.6% from deep since returning from his mallet finger injury and 9-for-13 over his last two games.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Iron Man, for example, crafts a sturdy walking stick for the Scarecrow and, when the Scarecrow is stranded in the water during a perilous river crossing, Elli and the others refuse to leave him behind.—
Christin Bohnke,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Mar. 2025
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Throughout the 19th century and into the 20th century, presidential pins, walking sticks and handkerchiefs were also popular items.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This first-of-its-kind assessment evaluated nearly 1,600 species — including bees, beetles, butterflies, moths, flower flies, bats, and hummingbirds.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Explore the different types of birds, butterflies, bees, and beetles, pollinating the lagoon’s diverse flowers.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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John Franklin-Myers mauls RT Rosengarten and gets sack, knocking Baltimore out of FG position.—
Matt Schubert,
The Denver Post,
3 Nov. 2024
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Cama’s 7-point try box came in the 74th minute and was a result of the Legion muscling their way to a series of successful scrums, mauls and rucks before Cama punched it over inside the 5-meter line area.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2024
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“Crosier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosier. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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