chrisom
[
kriz
-
uh
m]
/ˈkrɪz əm/
noun
1.
chrism
.
2.
a white cloth or robe put on a person at baptism to signify innocence.
Origin
1400-50;
late Middle English
krysom, crysum,
variant of
chrism
British Dictionary definitions for
chrisom
chrism
/
ˈkrɪzəm
/
noun
1.
a mixture of olive oil and balsam used for sacramental anointing in the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches
Derived Forms
chrismal
(
ˈkrɪzməl
)
adjective
Word Origin
Old English
crisma,
from Medieval Latin, from Greek
khrisma
unction, from
khriein
to anoint
chrisom
/
ˈkrɪzəm
/
noun
1.
(
Christianity
) a white robe put on an infant at baptism and formerly used as a burial shroud if the infant died soon afterwards
2.
(
archaic
) an infant wearing such a robe
3.
a variant spelling of
chrism