crosier
/ˈkɹoʊʒɚ/noun
crosier is spelled C-R-O-S-I-E-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, 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” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crosier is crosiers.
How many letters and syllables are in crosier?
| Letters | 7: C-R-O-S-I-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is crosier?
Crosier appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce crosier?
- UK /ˈkɹəʊzi.ə/
- UK /ˈkɹəʊʒə/
- US /ˈkɹoʊʒɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-crosier.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with crosier?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as crosier from its last stressed vowel (/oʊʒəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of crosier
- crosiers plural
- crozier
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crosier mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crosier in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense staff of a bishop or abbot:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | crosse |
| German | Bischofsstab, Krummstab |
| Portuguese | báculo |
| Spanish | báculo, báculo pastoral |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does crosier come from?
From Middle English; originally referring to the staff bearer, from a merger of Old French words crocier (“bearer of a cross”) and croisier (“one who bears or has to do with a cross”), ultimately from Latin crux (“cross”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).