chrism /kriˈzm/

1. Consecrated or holy oil
2. A sacramental anointing, unction
3. Confirmation
4. Chrisom

chrisˈmal adjective

Relating to chrism

1. A case for containing chrism
2. A pyx
3. A veil used in christening

chrisˈmatory noun

A vessel for holding chrism

chrisˈom or christˈom noun

1. A white cloth or robe (also chrisˈom-cloth or chrisˈom-robe) put on a child newly anointed with chrism at its baptism
2. The child itself

chrisom child noun (archaic)

1. A child still wearing the chrisom-cloth
2. A child that died in its first month after baptism, buried in its chrisom-cloth
3. An innocent child

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