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Definition of Chrisom
1. Noun. A consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam.
Generic synonyms: Balm, Ointment, Salve, Unction, Unguent
Definition of Chrisom
1. n. A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
Definition of Chrisom
1. Noun. (obsolete) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A child that died within a month after its baptism; so called from the chrisom cloth used as a shroud for it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chrisom
1. chrism [n -S] - See also: chrism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrisom
Literary usage of Chrisom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lyra innocentium: thoughts in verse on Christian children, their ways, and by John Keble (1884)
"I. THE chrisom. "These are they which have washed their robes, and made them
white in the Blood of the Lamb." ALL gorgeous hues are in the pure white beam, ..."
2. Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer (1884)
"Though bad they be, they will not bate an ace, To be call'd Prudence, Temperance,
Faith, or Grace." In days gone by a " chrisom " or ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Hence it is plain that in the following passage we should read " chrisom child"
unless Mrs. Quickly be supposed to disfigure the word. 'A made a liner end, ..."
4. Parish Registers in England: Their History and Contents, with Suggestions by Robert Edmond Chester Waters (1883)
"Baptized infants who died within the month after their birth were formerly shrouded
in the white cloth (chrisom) put on the head at baptism, ..."
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