Origen advise: and so Chrysostom, Haec erit tibi baculus, haec turris inexpugnabilis, haec armatura. ❋ Unknown (2007)
He turned his back and raised his black robe to cover his head, standing with his hands and the baculus out of sight in front of him. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1996)
That stretch of tunnel was as well lit by the creeping green lights the first settlers brought as any, yet he seemed almost to have disappeared, baculus and all. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1996)
"My predecessor no longer holds the baculus, Maytera." ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1996)
He was wearing an ordinary augur's robe; but he bore the baculus, his rod of office, which he used as a staff. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1996)
With halting steps, he made his way to a red velvet chair and sat, laying the baculus across his knees. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1994)
Quetzal rose laboriously with the help of his baculus, and Silk's heart went out to him. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1994)
As if to preside over a sacrifice at the Grand Manteion, the Prolocutor wore mulberry vestments crusted with diamonds and sapphires, and held the gold baculus that symbolized his authority; ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1994)
Quetzal raised the baculus to bestow a benison, although Silk could see no one beyond the glare that enveloped the three of them except the mounted officers. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1994)
When first I received the baculus, I had occasion to survey many old documents. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1994)
You would hold die baculus and wear the jeweled robes, and all the rest of us would kneel for your blessing. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1993)
I understood all this as she descended the last few steps, one hand closing the bodice of her gown, the other upholding the avern, whose pole she used as a staff and carried like a baculus. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1980)
While "Deposuit potentes de sede: et exaltavit humiles" was being sung at the "Magnificat," it would appear that the precentor's _baculus_ or staff was handed over to the clerk who was to be "lord of the feast" for the year, and throughout the services of the day the inferior clergy predominated, under the leadership of this chosen "lord." ❋ Clement A. Miles (N/A)
This is explained by Ducange: "Pedum, baculus pastoralis, episcopalis." ❋ Various (N/A)
The name is derived from the Saxon word _cryc_, baculus, a bat or staff; which also signifies fulcimentum, a support or prop, whence a cricket or little stool to sit upon. ❋ Unknown (1892)
