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Chrisom
Pronunciation : Chris"om
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Chrism.]
Definition : 1. A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. [Obs.]
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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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