chrism[noun]Synonyms: ointment, balm, cerate, cream, salve, unction, unguent
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chrism noun.
['krɪz(ǝ)m] OE.[medieval Latin
crisma, ecclesiastical Latin
chrisma, from Greek
khrisma, from
khriein anoint.]
1. Oil mingled with balm, consecrated for use as an unguent in the administration of certain sacraments of the Christian Churches; an unguent.
OE.2. =
CHRISOM 1, 2.
OE.3. A sacramental anointing; unction;
spec. the ceremony of confirmation, esp. in the Orthodox Church.
ME. ■ chrismal
adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to chrism;
(b) noun a chrisom or similar cloth; a vessel for holding the chrism:
M17. ■ chrismation
[krɪz'meɪʃ(ǝ)n] noun (
obsolete exc.
Hist.)
[medieval Latin chrismatio(n-)] application of the chrism, sacramental unction
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