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Get to know Crosier better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like crozier or staff.

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Crosier in a sentence

Crosier meaning

  1. A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.
  2. A young fern frond, before it has unrolled.

Synonyms of Crosier

crozier staff

Related words

Other words often associated with Crosier or its synonyms:

personnel provide symbol body ply force serve faculty supply stave stick cater

Using Crosier

  • The main meaning on this page is: A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office. | A young fern frond, before it has unrolled.
  • Useful related words include: crozier, staff.
  • In the example corpus, crosier often appears in combinations such as: and crosier.

Context around Crosier

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

relieve 1× adrienne 1× jonathan 1×

Often after:

crafted 1× priory 1× behind 1×

Sentence patterns with Crosier

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as a crosier the new 1× at the crosier priory church 1× cross and crosier behind the 1× dr jonathan crosier 1× miter and crosier 1× said adrienne crosier a cheetah 1× to relieve crosier was outrageous 1× with a crosier crafted from 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a memorial mass 1× kelly magsamen vice 1× on the personnel 1× sunday s masses 1× the coat of 1× when pope john 1×

Common sentence endings:

conservation biology institute 1× dr jonathan crosier 1× faith angle forum 1× from the fire 1× luncheon to follow 1× miter and crosier 1×

Words around Crosier

Just before it in the word index:

crosher 2 crosfield 3 crosetto 3 crosetti 2 crose 2 crosbys 2

Just after it in the word index:

crosland 20 crosley 13 cross 10.048 crossaig 2 crossamerica 5 crossan 15

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Crosier

  • In this selection, "crosier" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, relieve, adrienne, jonathan, crafted, priory and behind stand out and add context to how "crosier" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as a crosier the new and at the crosier priory church. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "crosier" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with crosier

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

On the personnel front, Bishop announced there is a new chief for the hospital’s medical staff: Dr. Jonathan Crosier. (20 words)

These would be invested with some secular symbol such as a sword or scepter and the spiritual authority represented by a ring, miter and crosier. (25 words)

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at the Crosier Priory church in Onamia on Saturday, June 8, at 11:00 AM with a luncheon to follow. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

When Pope John Paul II was buried with his papal staff, sometimes referred to as a crosier, The New York Times reported that he was buried with a crow’s ear, said Josh Good, director of the Faith Angle Forum. (40 words)

Kelly Magsamen, vice president of national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress and a former senior Pentagon official, said the decision to relieve Crosier was “outrageous” and suggested the captain should be promoted. (37 words)

Sunday’s Masses follow Saturday evening’s ceremonial reopening in which Ulrich symbolically reopened the cathedral’s massive wooden doors by striking them three times with a crosier crafted from charred beams salvaged from the fire. (36 words)

Example sentences (8)

Sunday’s Masses follow Saturday evening’s ceremonial reopening in which Ulrich symbolically reopened the cathedral’s massive wooden doors by striking them three times with a crosier crafted from charred beams salvaged from the fire.

When Pope John Paul II was buried with his papal staff, sometimes referred to as a crosier, The New York Times reported that he was buried with a crow’s ear, said Josh Good, director of the Faith Angle Forum.

Kelly Magsamen, vice president of national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress and a former senior Pentagon official, said the decision to relieve Crosier was “outrageous” and suggested the captain should be promoted.

This is an amazing milestone for cheetahs — we can extend a cheetah’s biological clock,” said Adrienne Crosier, a cheetah biologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at the Crosier Priory church in Onamia on Saturday, June 8, at 11:00 AM with a luncheon to follow.

On the personnel front, Bishop announced there is a new chief for the hospital’s medical staff: Dr. Jonathan Crosier.

The coat of arms of a Latin Rite Catholic bishop usually displays a galero with a cross and crosier behind the escutcheon ; the specifics differ by location and ecclesiastical rank (see Ecclesiastical heraldry ).

These would be invested with some secular symbol such as a sword or scepter and the spiritual authority represented by a ring, miter and crosier.

Common combinations with crosier

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "crosier" in a sentence?
An example: "Sunday’s Masses follow Saturday evening’s ceremonial reopening in which Ulrich symbolically reopened the cathedral’s massive wooden doors by striking them three times with a crosier crafted from charred beams salvaged from the fire." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "crosier" from authentic English texts.
What does "crosier" mean?
Crosier means: A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.
What are synonyms of "crosier"?
Common synonyms of "crosier" include: crozier, staff.
How many example sentences with "crosier" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "crosier", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.