chrisom

[ kriz-uhm ]

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

Origin of chrisom

1
1400–50; late Middle English krysom, crysum, variant of chrism

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How to use chrisom in a sentence

  • When children died within the month they were called chrisoms.

    Witch Stories | E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
  • In registers and bills of mortality we find infants alluded to under the term Chrisoms.

    Folk-lore of Shakespeare | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer

British Dictionary definitions for chrisom

chrisom

/ (ˈkrɪzəm) /


noun
  1. Christianity a white robe put on an infant at baptism and formerly used as a burial shroud if the infant died soon afterwards

  2. archaic an infant wearing such a robe

  1. a variant spelling of chrism

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