əm noun
a consecrated oil, usually mixed with balsam or balsam and spices, used by certainchurches in various rites, as in baptism, confirmation, and the like.
Also, chrisom.
Origin:
before 900; learned respelling of Middle English crisme, Old English crisma < Latin chrīsma < Greek chrîsma unguent, unction
before 900; learned respelling of Middle English crisme, Old English crisma < Latin chrīsma < Greek chrîsma unguent, unction
Related forms
chris·mal, adjective
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| —n | |
| a mixture of olive oil and balsam used for sacramental anointing in the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches | |
| [Old English crisma, from Medieval Latin, from Greek khrisma unction, from khriein to anoint] | |
| chrisom or chrisom | |
| —n | |
| [Old English crisma, from Medieval Latin, from Greek khrisma unction, from khriein to anoint] | |
| chrismal or chrisom | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
chrism
"oil mingled with balm," O.E., from L. chrisma, from Gk. khrisma "anointing, unction." Chrisom "baptismal robe," is a c.1200 variant of this.
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