crozier

noun

cro·zier

variant spelling of crosier

: a staff resembling a shepherd's crook carried by bishops and abbots as a symbol of office

: a plant structure with a coiled end

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Dozens of bishops gathered outside, their white robes whipping in the wind as Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich struck the closed cathedral doors with his crozier, an ornate staff, to officially mark the cathedral’s reopening. —