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Definition of Chrisom

Chrisom
Chrisom Chris"om, n. [See Chrism.] 1. A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. [Obs.] 2. A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it. [Obs.] --Blount.

Meaning of Chrisom from wikipedia

- Anciently, a chrisom, or "chrisom-cloth," was the face-cloth, or piece of linen laid over a child's head during baptism or christening. Originally, the...
- Elizabeth was placed in her half-brother's household and carried the chrisom, or baptismal cloth, at his christening. Elizabeth's first governess, Margaret...
- as godmother and his 4-year-old half-sister Lady Elizabeth carrying the chrisom; the Garter King of Arms proclaimed him as Duke of Cornwall and Earl of...
- Guthrum as his spiritual son. According to ****er, The unbinding of the chrisom on the eighth day took place at a royal estate called Wedmore. — Keynes...
- baptised, with Alfred accepting him as his adoptive son. The unbinding of the chrisom, part of a baptismal ritual, took place eight days later at the royal estate...
- baptism service, infants no longer received minor exorcism and the white chrisom robe. Anointing was no longer included in the services for baptism, ordination...
- Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2007. "Children in the Wood to Chrisom Child". Bibliomania. Retrieved March 20, 2007....
- woman was expected to make some votive offering to the church, such as the chrisom or alb placed on the child at its christening. Augustine Schulte described...
- book, the child was not anointed with chrism oil nor dressed in the white chrisom robe. The rite concluded with the Lord's Prayer, a prayer of thanksgiving...
- prin****l, and then the school's second prin****l from 1956 to 1972. Peter J. Chrisom, a graduate of the school, was prin****l from 1972 to 1998. The school's...