chrisom

chrisom [kriz-uh m] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. chrism.
2. a white cloth or robe put on a person at baptism to signify innocence.

Origin of chrisom 1400–50; late Middle English krysom, crysum, variant of chrism Examples from the Web for chrisom Historical Examples of chrisom

The place dripped radiance; was filling like a chrisom with radiance.

The Metal Monster

A. Merritt

The chrisom was the linen cloth, or garment, which the priest put on the recently baptized child.

Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England

Edward L. Cutts

She said no word thereon: as for her shrift,No Chrisom child could show a chart of thoughtsMore spotless than were hers.

The Saint’s Tragedy

Charles Kingsley

Chrisom Child (A), a child that dies within a month of its birth.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1

The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.

British Dictionary definitions for chrisom chrisom noun

1. Christianity a white robe put on an infant at baptism and formerly used as a burial shroud if the infant died soon afterwards
2. archaic an infant wearing such a robe
3. a variant spelling of chrism