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chrisom
[ kriz-uhm ]
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She said no word thereon: as for her shrift,No Chrisom child could show a chart of thoughtsMore spotless than were hers.
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Chrisom Child (A), a child that dies within a month of its birth.
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The place dripped radiance; was filling like a chrisom with radiance.
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The chrisom was the linen cloth, or garment, which the priest put on the recently baptized child.
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