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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Crypto crook Sam Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year sentence in the SHU at the Brooklyn detention center.—
Katherine Fung,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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More… By hook or by crook, even with new owners Skydance bound to take over Paramount this year, there will be a fourth Sonic the Hedgehog with the studio dating it for March 19, 2027.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Trump administration, along with Elon Musk and his initiative known as the Department of Government Efficiency, have taken a hammer to that pillar of stability.—
Campbell Robertson,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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But the league also unveiled a major rule change to the use of hammers prior to play on Monday.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., is the third member of Gen X to hold the gavel, following fellow Republicans and former Speakers Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Kevin McCarthy of California.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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In the 2018 midterms, Republicans lost 41 House seats and the speaker's gavel.—
Hans Nichols,
Axios,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In a separate photo, the crowbar and a mallet allegedly used to pry open the safe are also visible.—
Chelsea Bailey and Josh Campbell,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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Their specialties include 45-piece discovery boxes, hot chocolate mix, and the unique Chocolate Box - a massive block of chocolate with wooden mallets.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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
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He was reportedly found on a service road, supporting himself with two walking sticks and a cut-up sleeping bag wrapped around his legs for warmth.—
Jennifer Hauser,
CNN,
27 Nov. 2024
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The beetles had short lifespans after maturing, but the arachnid can be seen in the Fragile Kingdom desert and rainforest exhibit.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Federal authorities found 37 live beetles, almost the length of a human hand, at a South California airport.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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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 3 Mar. 2025.
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