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[syn: chrism, chrisom, sacramental oil, holy oil]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chrisom
n 1: a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and
balsam [syn: chrism, chrisom, sacramental oil, holy
oil]