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Meaning of chrisom

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

chrisom

Pronunciation:/ˈkɹɪ.zəm/

noun

Definitions

  1. A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.

  2. A child that died within a month after its baptism; so called from the chrisom cloth used as a shroud for it.