Chrism Definition

krĭzəm
noun
Consecrated oil used in baptism and other sacraments.
Webster's New World
A sacramental anointing with this oil.
Webster's New World
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chrism
Plural:
chrisms

Origin of Chrism

  • Middle English crisme chrism, chrisom from Old English crisma from Latin chrīsma from Greek khrīsma an anointing from khrīein to anoint ghrēi- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Medieval Latin crisma, from Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrisma, “anointing”, “unction”), from χρίω (khriō, “anoint”).

    From Wiktionary

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