A crozier is the long ceremonial staff a bishop carries. The top is not a straight cross: it curls over in a hook, rather like the old stick a shepherd used to catch a sheep. That is the picture the Church is drawing — a bishop looks after people the way a shepherd looks after a flock.

A crozier is the long ceremonial staff a bishop carriescrozier指的是主教手持的那根長長的儀式用杖。The top is not a straight cross頂端不是筆直的十字架：it curls over in a hook而是彎成一個鉤子，rather like the old stick a shepherd used to catch a sheep有點像牧羊人以前用來抓羊的那根拐杖。That is the picture the Church is drawing這正是教會想呈現的畫面——a bishop looks after people主教照顧人們 the way a shepherd looks after a flock就像牧羊人照顧羊群一樣。

You see it in processions, in paintings, and on a bishop's coat of arms. It is a church word, formal and a little old; nobody calls an ordinary walking stick a crozier.

You see it你會在 in processions遊行隊伍裡、in paintings畫作裡、and on a bishop's coat of arms還有主教的紋章上看到它。It它 is a church word, formal and a little old是教會用語，正式又有點古老；nobody calls an ordinary walking stick a crozier沒有人會把一般的拐杖叫做crozier。

Though actually, the head of a monastery (an abbot) may carry one too, not only a bishop. The curved head is often silver or gold and richly decorated.

Though actually不過其實，the head of a monastery (an abbot) may carry one too修道院的院長（abbot）也可能拿一根，not only a bishop不是只有主教才有。The curved head is often silver or gold and richly decorated那個彎曲的杖頭常常是銀製或金製，裝飾得很華麗。

Another spelling is crosier; both are correct. Gardeners also use the word for the coiled young head of a fern, because it looks like the same hook — same picture, different world.

Another spelling is crosier另一種拼法是crosier；both are correct兩種寫法都對。Gardeners also use the word園藝愛好者也會用這個字，for the coiled young head of a fern指蕨類捲曲的嫩芽頭，because it looks like the same hook因為它看起來像同一個鉤子——same picture, different world同樣的畫面，卻是不同的世界。