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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Startling video of the attack obtained by the Daily News shows one of the crooks turning back, after rifling through the cop’s pockets as the victim lay helplessly on the ground, and stomping on his head.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
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This generation of cyber crooks buys and mines leaked records from last year’s 1.35 billion breach notices — everything from our email and phone numbers to recent purchases — to pre-fill their scripts.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
Noun
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To remove a stubborn hinge pin, place a small screwdriver, bit, nail, or similar item into the bottom of the hinge and tap the pin out with a hammer.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 May 2025
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The murder weapons included dagger, hatchet, hammer, necktie.—
Rich Cohen,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2025
Noun
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The speaker issued a warning for order, banging the gavel.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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In the opening minutes of the president’s remarks, Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) interrupted loudly, which prompted the Speaker to bang his gavel in warning before ordering security to escort the lawmaker, clutching a cane, out of the chamber.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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From butcher knives to mallets to plates, Eve and her assailant use just about everything but the kitchen sink against one another, including the kitchen cooler.—
Michileen Martin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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The Penzance Musical, an exquisitely funny, meticulously concocted theatrical pavlova—the 1879 operetta The Pirates of Penzance by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan—has been whacked with a mallet.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Charles also sported a walking stick at the Royal Windsor Horse Show where he was seen talking with it to his brother Prince Edward and to football legend David Beckham.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
22 May 2025
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Wearing a suit by the designer, Khan also sported one of the night’s perfect dandy accessories, a walking stick, conceptualized by Mukherjee to feature a Bengal tiger in 18-karat gold and embellished with tourmalines, sapphires, old mine-cut and brilliant-cut diamonds.—
Laurie Brookins,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Ryan Gary/The Sunroom Shea notes that over the years, APHIS employees have worked to successfully eradicate or keep at bay pests such as the boll weevil, a beetle that feeds on cotton buds, and New World screwworm, a parasite that burrows into the open wounds of animals.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
30 May 2025
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Traps also are not successful in eliminating adult populations and actually attract more beetles to your yard.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
27 May 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 6 Jun. 2025.
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