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Definition of Chrismal
1. a. Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
Definition of Chrismal
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or used in chrism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chrismal
1. chrism [adj] - See also: chrism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrismal
Literary usage of Chrismal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sacred Archæology: A Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1868)
"... and at the anointing a chrismal, a round mitre symbolizing the crown of life,
or a white robe was set about the child. The practice of immersion of the ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Sir William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"10, p. 701, Migne) speak, as of a. vessel which the priest carried with him and
might lose. Some, however, take this chrismal for the CORPORAL. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"71), we read of a miracle wrought upon one who rubbed his face with the fringe
of a chrismal which covered the relics of the saint. ..."
4. An Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used in Art and Archaeology by John William Mollett (1883)
"A kind of guitar with four wire strings. chrismal ... OE (i) See chrismal, 4.
(2) A child that dies within a month after birth. Christ-cross, О. E. (i) The ..."
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