<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">taus</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>crosiers</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>staffs</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>tau</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>tau staff</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>tau staffs</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>tau-staff</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Pastoral staffs in the Eastern Church, where the crosier terminates not in a crook but in a tau (T), the ordinary form of a crutch.  ]]></note></mads>