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chrismal, a. and n.|ˈkrɪzməl|
[ad. med.L. chrismālis f. chrisma chrism; see -al1.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to chrism.
1659L'Estrange Alliance Div. Off. ix. E., The Chrismal Unguent. 1674Brevint Saul at Endor 316 He blows three times cross-ways over the mouth of the greater otherwise called the Chrismal Bottle. 1851Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. v. 691 Whilst Robert-Rollo wore the white Chrismal vestment. 1876Farrar Marlb. Serm. v. 43 O, that on this day He would indeed outpour upon each youthful head the chrismal fires of His sevenfold gifts.
B. n. In various senses of med.L. chrismāle, as the chrisom-cloth, the vessel or flask for holding the chrism, a cloth for covering relics, the pyx, etc.
1844Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) I. vii. 292 A white linen cap, called a chrismal. 1863N. & Q. 3 Ser. III. 396 The ‘high-standing pix’ was the chrismal, or ciborium, as it is now called. 1883Bellett tr. Pelliccia's Polity Chr. Ch. i. i. iii. §4 The Presbyters then began to pay sums of money to the Bishop for the Chrism,—which sums were called..‘Chrismals’. |