English Explanatory Dictionary

cleystaff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bishop's crook or crosier.

Word forms

cleystaff cleykstaff cley-staffe cleyke-staffe

Etymology

Perhaps from cley + staff, but ‘more probably’ (according to the OED) from cleek + staff.

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