chrisom

American

[kriz-uhm] / ˈkrɪz əm /

noun

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

chrisom British

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of chrisom

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

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