Crō'sier, n.
(krō'zher), n. [O. Pr. as if croisier, from crois, now croix, cross; L. Lat. cruciarium, from crux, cross; Fr. crosse, crosier, bat or gaff-stick, Pr. crossa, from Lat. as if crucea, from crux, cross.]
Sense 1. The official staff of an archbishop, terminating at the top in a cross; also, the pastoral staff of a bishop, which terminates in an ornamented curve or crook.
Behind a darker hour ascends: The altars quake, the crozier bends. W. Scott.
Sense 2. (Astron.) A constellation composed of four stars in the southern hemisphere, in the form of a cross; the Southern Cross.
