chrismon

[kriz-mon]

noun

1. Chi-Rho.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chrismon¹

< Latin Chris ( tus ) Christ + Late Latin mon ( ogramma ) monogram

Example Sentences

“I’m on the sidelines dripping from every crevice,” said Makayla Chrismon, a 27-year-old medical student among those keeping a watchful eye on the musicians.

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Junior Lee Chrismon, 68, died in a hospital Monday.

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The word Chrismon, is a combination of the words Christ and monogram.

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In another, Chrismon Gules, who has spent 12 of his 20 years in the Dominican Republic, has fashioned a guitar from an empty plastic jug, a hand-carved piece of wood, two wooden tuner pegs and a pair of corresponding metal wires.

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The symbolic form was usually the chrismon, or monogram composed of the Greek initials ΧΡ of the name of Christ.

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