chrisom
/ˈkɹɪ.zəm/ noun
Forms chrisoms chrisome
- noun (historical) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
Synonyms
Etymology
See chrism.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. [Obs.]
- noun 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.]
Etymology [See Chrism.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “chrisom”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details