chrisom

[ kriz-uhm ]

/ ˈkrɪz əm /

noun

chrism.

a white cloth or robe put on a person at baptism to signify innocence.

Origin of chrisom

1400–50; late Middle English krysom, crysum, variant of chrism

Words nearby chrisom

Chris, chrism, chrismation, chrismatory, chrismon, chrisom, chrisom child, Chrissie, Christ, Christadelphian, Christchurch

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Example sentences from the Web for chrisom

The chrisom was the linen cloth, or garment, which the priest put on the recently baptized child.
Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England|Edward L. Cutts
She said no word thereon: as for her shrift,No Chrisom child could show a chart of thoughtsMore spotless than were hers.
The Saint's Tragedy|Charles Kingsley
Chrisom Child (A), a child that dies within a month of its birth.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
The place dripped radiance; was filling like a chrisom with radiance.
The Metal Monster|A. Merritt

British Dictionary definitions for chrisom

chrisom

/ (ˈkrɪzəm) /

noun

Christianity a white robe put on an infant at baptism and formerly used as a burial shroud if the infant died soon afterwards

archaic an infant wearing such a robe

a variant spelling of chrism

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	chrisom
释义	chrisom [ kriz-uhm ] / ˈkrɪz əm / noun chrism. a white cloth or robe put on a person at baptism to signify innocence. Origin of chrisom 1400–50; late Middle English krysom, crysum, variant of chrism Words nearby chrisom Chris, chrism, chrismation, chrismatory, chrismon, chrisom, chrisom child, Chrissie, Christ, Christadelphian, Christchurch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chrisom The chrisom was the linen cloth, or garment, which the priest put on the recently baptized child. Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England\|Edward L. Cutts She said no word thereon: as for her shrift,No Chrisom child could show a chart of thoughtsMore spotless than were hers. The Saint's Tragedy\|Charles Kingsley Chrisom Child (A), a child that dies within a month of its birth. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1\|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. The place dripped radiance; was filling like a chrisom with radiance. The Metal Monster\|A. Merritt British Dictionary definitions for chrisom chrisom / (ˈkrɪzəm) / noun Christianity a white robe put on an infant at baptism and formerly used as a burial shroud if the infant died soon afterwards archaic an infant wearing such a robe a variant spelling of chrism Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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