chrisom child

American  

[kriz-uhm chahyld] / ˈkrɪz əm ˌtʃaɪld /

noun

1. a baptized child that dies in their first month of life.

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Etymology

Origin of chrisom child

First recorded in 1535–45

Example Sentences

If it dies within a month after these ceremonies, it was called a chrisom child.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

Bishop Jeremy Taylor mentions the phantasms that make a chrisom child to smile at death.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

He died like a lamb, or, as men call it, like a chrisom child, quietly and without fear.'

From Bunyan by Froude, James Anthony

So, too, one fee was charged for interring a " great corse," another for a "chrisom child."

From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Ware, Sedley Lynch

A sixteenth century brass in Chesham Bois Church, in Buckinghamshire, represents Benedict Lee, chrisom child, in his chrisom cloth.

From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William