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Shepherd's crook   /ʃˈɛpərdz krʊk/   Listen
Shepherd's crook

noun
1.
A long staff with one end being hook shaped.  Synonym: crook.





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"Shepherd's crook" Quotes from Famous Books



... has changed its countenance In little time, and takes his shepherd's crook, And forth the ...
— Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell • Dante Alighieri
... was the ensign of bishops. Honorius describes it as in the form of a shepherd's crook, made of wood or bone, united by a ball of gold or crystal, the lower part of ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 50. Saturday, October 12, 1850 • Various


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