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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam;
[syn: chrism, chrisom, sacramental oil, holy oil]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Chrisom \Chris"om\, n. [See Chrism.] [1913 Webster] 1. A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

chrisom n 1: a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam [syn: chrism, chrisom, sacramental oil, holy oil]