Found 2 items, similar to chrisom.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: chrisom
chrisom
n : a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and
balsam [syn:
chrism,
sacramental oil,
holy oil]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Chrisom
Chrisom
\Chris"om\, n. [See
Chrism.]
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1. A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle
thrown over a child when baptized or christened. [Obs.]
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2. A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so
called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud
for it. [Obs.] --Blount.
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