Associations to the word «Chrisom»
Wiktionary
CHRISOM, noun. (obsolete) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
CHRISOM, noun. (obsolete) A child that died within a month after its baptism; so called from the chrisom cloth used as a shroud for it.
Dictionary definition
CHRISOM, noun. A consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.