bishop's crook or staff
1Bishop's Crook — • The Pastoral Staff is an ecclesiastical ornament which is conferred on bishops at their consecration and on mitred abbots at their investiture, and which is used by these prelates in performing certain solemn functions Catholic Encyclopedia.… …
2crook — I. n. 1. Bend, flexure, curvature, turn. 2. Bent staff, shepherd s crook, bishop s crook or staff. 3. Trick, artifice, machination. II. v. a. Bend, curve, incurvate, bow, inflect, make crooked. III. v. n. Bend, curve, become crooked, wind, turn …
3crook — (kr[oo^]k), n. [OE. crok; akin to Icel. kr[=o]kr hook, bend, SW. krok, Dan. krog, OD. krooke; or cf. Gael. crocan crook, hook, W. crwca crooked. Cf. {Crosier}, {Crotchet}, {Crutch}, {Encroach}.] 1. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.… …
4crook — [krook] n. [ME crok < ON krōkr, var. of krākr, a bending, hook, bay: for IE base see CRADLE] 1. a hooked, bent, or curved thing or part; hook 2. a) a shepherd s staff, with a hook at one end b) a bishop s staff resembling this; crosier 3. a …
5crook — ► NOUN 1) a shepherd s hooked staff. 2) a bishop s crozier. 3) a bend, especially at the elbow in a person s arm. 4) informal a criminal or dishonest person. ► VERB ▪ bend (something, especially a finger). ► ADJECTIVE Austral./NZ …
6crook — /krʊk / (say krook) noun 1. a bent or curved piece, appendage, etc.; a hook; the hooked part of anything. 2. an instrument or implement having a bent or curved part, as a shepherd s staff hooked at one end or as the crozier of a bishop or abbot.… …
7Crook frame — A Crook Frame or Cruck is the timber framing or ‘structure’ of a building which consists of long, generally bent, timber beams that lean inwards and form the ridge of the roof. These posts are then generally secured by a horizontal beam which… …
8crook — crook1 /krook/, n. 1. a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook. 2. the hooked part of anything. 3. an instrument or implement having a bent or curved part, as a shepherd s staff hooked at one end or the crosier of a bishop or… …
9crook — n., v., & adj. n. 1 the hooked staff of a shepherd or bishop. 2 a a bend, curve, or hook. b anything hooked or curved. 3 colloq. a a rogue; a swindler. b a professional criminal. v.tr. & intr. bend, curve. adj. 1 crooked. 2 Austral. & NZ colloq.… …
10crook — noun 1》 a shepherd s hooked staff. ↘a bishop s crozier. 2》 a bend, especially at the elbow in a person s arm. 3》 informal a person who is dishonest or a criminal. verb bend (something, especially a finger as a signal). adjective Austral./NZ… …
