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cleystaff

noun

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *stabaz✻
  2. inherited from *stab✻
  3. inherited from stæf — “letter of the alphabet”
  4. inherited from staf
  5. compounded as cleystaff — “cley + staff”

Definitions

  1. A bishop's crook or crosier.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA