| 1. | consecrated oil; chrism. |
| 2. | (esp. in the Eastern Church) oil that has been in contact with a sacred object, as a relic, and is used in certain rites. |
chrism  (krĭz'əm)  n. Ecclesiastical
[Middle English crisme, chrism, chrisom, from Old English crisma, from Latin chrīsma, from Greek khrīsma, an anointing, from khrīein, to anoint; see ghrēi- in Indo-European roots.] chris'mal (krĭz'məl) adj. |
| holy oil n. Ecclesiastical
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