chrisom

[kriz-uh m]

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

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Examples from the Web for chrisom

Historical Examples of chrisom

The place dripped radiance; was filling like a chrisom with radiance.
The Metal Monster
A. Merritt
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.

British Dictionary definitions for chrisom

chrisom

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

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