chrism 
To kylle a crownde kynge with krysmne enoynttede ! 
Murtt. Arthurs (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2447. 
The chrism, ... as in the Latin Church, is consecrated 
liy the Bishop on Maundy Thursday ; though its prepara- 
tion is commenced on the Holiday in Holy Week. 
J. M. Scale, Eastern Church, i. 999. 
The Mshop . . . poured out the holy oil and chrism and 
burned incense upon it [a stone slab] at the middle and 
four corners. Rock, Church of our Fathers, i. 246. 
(6) The rite of confirmation. [Bare.] 
Their baptism in all respects was as frustrate as their 
<7(/V.v//i, 1'or the manner of those times was in confirming 
to use anointing. Hunker, Eccles. Polity, v. (Hi. 
(c) Same as chrismal, (d). 
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As undiscerned as are the phantasms that make a chrism 
child to smile. Jer. Taylor, Holy Dying. 
fist. Falstaff he is dead. . . . 
Quick. 'A made a finer end, and went away, an it had 
been any christom child. Shak., Hen. V., ii. B. 
In England, if a child dies within the first month of its 
life, it iscalledac/iri/xow child ; whence the title in the Lon- 
don bills of mortality. I)e Quincey, Essenes, Note No. 5. 
chrismert, chrisomert, n. [< chrism, chrisom, 
+ -er 1 .] A chrism-child. 
A ctii-imniier ye chelde of Henry Jenkynso', bu[ried]. 
Ilegisters of Holy Cross, Cantei-hti/-;/. 
Chrisochloris, . See Chrysochloris. 
\VI ^JOiLLlV ttiO Isttt t-O/tllH m tit I , m . ij_ ri ^ 1' 
Upon the anointed head of the newly baptized child ChriSOlltet, n See chrysolite 
was put a piece of fine white linen, known in those days CnriSOm (kriz om), n. bee chrism. 
as the chrismal or chrisome,, to be worn, like the king's Christ (krist), n. [< ME. Crist, < AS. Crist 
"coyfe," both day and night, for a whole week. 
Hock, Church of our Fathers, i. 485, note. 
(d) The baptismal vesture; a white garment 
formerly given to the newly baptized as a sym- 
bol of the new robe of righteousness given to 
the saints : in this sense commonly chrisom. 
(orig. with long i, Crist) = OFries. Crist = D. 
Christus = MLG. Krist, Kerst, Karst, Kirst 
= OHG. Christ, Krist, MHG. Christ, Krist, 
G. Christus = Icel. Kristr = Sw. Krist (now 
Christus) = Dan. Krist (now Kristus) = Goth. 
Christus = F. Christ = Pr. Christ, Crist = 8p. 
*/ o ^ J- vm tat ^B A i.. V,'ft tOfrj *.;/ 9OV = k7IJ( 
When there are many to lw baptized, this order of de- It. Cristo = Pg. Christo (the spelling with ch 
5hifflff{i3fOTen^^S^ Ul *SlM IM '" I>d<i ' DtatllnBl for c > and the rms Christus, Kristus, being in 
Book of Common Prayer (1549). 
2. In general, that with which one is anointed, 
or the act of anointing. 
I wait but she lingers, and ah ! so long ! 
It was not so in the years gone by. 
When she touched my lips with chrism of song. 
T. B. Aldrich, Flight of the Goddess. 
3f. A chrism-child. 
The boy surely, I ever said, was to any man's thinking 
a very chrisome. Ford, Fancies, iv. 1. 
chrism (krizm), v. t. [Also chrisom; < ME. cris- 
omen (cf. ML. chrismare), anoint with chrism, 
< crisome, crisme, chrism (oil) : see chrism, n.] 
To anoint with chrism. 
And crowne hym kyndly with krysomede hondes, 
With his ceptre, as soveraynge and lorde. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3186. 
Chrisma (kriz'mii), n. ; pi. chrismata (-ma-ta). 
[ML., also chrisimus: see chrism and Christ.] 
The monogram, -%, of the name Christ, made 
up of the first two letters of the Greek Xptar6(. 
See labarum. 
chrismal (kriz'mal), a. and n. [< ML. chris- 
malis, < LL. chri'sma: see chrism.] I. a. Per- 
taining to or of the nature of chrism. 
Having thus conjured and prayed, he falls upon singing 
the praises of this chrismal oil. 
Brevint, Saul and Samuel at Eudor, p. 316. 
II. n. In the early church : (a) The vessel or 
flask in which the consecrated oil or chrism 
was contained. (6) A vessel for the reserva- 
tion of the consecrated host, (c) A cloth used 
to cover relics, (d) [Cf. F. chremeau.'] The 
mod. imitation of the L.), < L. Christus, <~Gr. 
Xpio~r6f, prop, an adj., anointed (6 ^/worof, the 
anointed), verbal adj. of XP' ISIV I rub, graze, be- 
smear, anoint, = Skt. -\/ghar, grind, rub, scratch 
(cf. / ghar, sprinkle, ghrita, clarified butter : 
see ghee), = "L.friare, crumble, fricare, rub: see 
friable and fricative.] The Anointed: a title 
of Jesus of Nazareth, synonymous with, and 
the Greek translation of, Messiah, originally 
used with the definite article strictly as a title, 
the Christ (that is, the Anointed), but from an 
early period used without the article as a part 
of the proper name Jesus Christ. See anointed. 
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, 
the Son of the living God. Mat. xvi. IB. 
Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no 
man that he was Jesus the Christ. Mat. xvi. 20. 
Paul, a servant of Jena Christ, called to be an apostle. 
Rom. 1. 1. 
Paul, an apostle (not of men, neither by man, but by 
Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from 
the dead). Gal. i. 1. 
Brothers of Christ. See Christadelphian. Christ's 
Book. See 600*.- Disciples of Christ. See disciple. 
Knights of the Order of Christ. See order. 
Christadelphian (kris-ta-del'fi-an), n. [Also, 
"y, Christodelphian ; < dr. ^prrdof/l^iof, 
ood with Christ, < Xpiartif, Christ, + 
brother: see -adelphia.] A member of 
a small religious sect which originated in the 
United States, but now also exists in England 
and elsewhere. The doctrines of the sect include a 
peculiar theory of the Trinity, the attainment of immor- 
tality by believers only, the annihilation of the wicked, 
baptism, and a peculiar view of the 
christening 
Christdom (kris'dum), . [< Christ + -dom.] 
The rule or service of Christ. [Bare.] 
They know the grief of men without its wisdom ; 
They sink in man's despair without its calm ; 
Are slaves, without the liberty in Christdom. 
Mrs. Browniny, Cry of the Children. 
Christe eleison (kris'te e-la'i-son). [ML., 
repr. Gr. XpiaTe e/.eqaov: Xpiarc, voc. of Xpiarof, 
Christ; eAeqoov, aor. impv. of i'/.eeiv, have mercy 
or pity, < /Uof, pity.] Literally, Christ have 
mercy. This Greek phrase is used untranslated as an 
invocation in Latin litanies, preceded and followed by 
Kyrie eleison, each of the three invocations being pro- 
nounced thrice. (See*i/rt.) It is not used in the Greek 
Church. 
Christent, " and . Earlier form of Christian 1 . 
Christen (kris'n), v. t. [E. dial, also kersen, 
early mod. E. also rarely Christian (cf. Chris- 
tian 1 ) : < ME. eristenen, cristnien, < AS.cristenian 
(= MLG. krixtoii-n, kerstenen, hirxtetieii = Icel. 
kristna = Sw. kristna = Dan. kristne), make a 
Christian, baptize, < cristena, a Christian: see 
Christen, a. and., and Christian 1 .] 1. To bap- 
tize into the Christian church. 
He hated Christene Men ; and zit he was cristned, but 
he forsoke his Law, and becam a Renegate. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 84. 
To christen ; baptize ; because at baptism the person re- 
ceiving that sacrament is made, as the catechism teaches, 
a member of Christ. Hook, Church Diet. 
Specifically 2. To baptize under a newly con- 
ferred name, especially in infancy; baptize and 
name as an infant. 
She will shortly be to christen; 
And papa has made the offer, 
I shall have the naming of her. 
Mary iMmb, Choosing a Name. 
These young ladies not supposed to have been actually 
christened by the names applied to them, though always 
so called in the family. Dickens, Bleak House, xxvii. 
3. In general, to name; denominate; give a 
name to. 
Christen the thing what you will, it can be no better 
than a mock millennium. Bp. Burnet. 
Cunn. But how came this clown to be call'd Pompev 
first? 
Sir Greg. Push, one goodman Coesar, a pumpmaker, 
kersen'd him. 
Beau, and Fl., Wit at several Weapons, iii. 1. 
4f. To Christianize. 
At Rhodes, at Cyprus, and on other grounds 
Christen'd and heathen. Shak., Othello, i. 1. 
I am most certain this is the first example in England 
since it was first christened. 
Jer. Taylor, Extempore Prayer. 
Christendom (kris'n-dum), n. [< ME. cristen- 
dom, Christianity, baptism, the Christian world, 
< AS. crixtcndom (= OFries. kristendom, kers- 
'>"<" = D. Christendom = MLG. kristetidom = 
. kristentuom, G. christenthum = Icel. kris- 
. 
white cloth bound upon the head of one newly millennium. Their churches are called ecderias. Also ".J. , . num = ce. crs- 
baptized, after the unction with chrism, for Called Brothers of Christ and Thomasitet. tindomr = Sw. Dan. kristendom), Christian- 
the purpose of retaining the chrism upon the christallt, . An obsolete spelling of crystal. ity, < cristen, Christian, + -dom : see christen, 
head during the week. Also chrism. Christ-child (krist'child), . 1 . Christ when a Christian 1 , and -dom.] If. The profession of 
chrismarium (kriz-ma'ri-um), .; pi. chrisma- c , hild: used onlv with the definite article. 2. 
ria (-a). [ML., < LL. chrisma, chrism.] 
as chrismatory. 
Chrismata, n. Plural of chrisma. 
chrismatin, chrismatine (kriz'ma-tin), . [< 
Gr. ;r/wo-,ua(r-), an unguent (see chnm), + -ii&, 
-ine 2 .] Same as hatchettin, 2. 
Chrismation (kriz-ma'shon), n. [< ML. chris- 
matio(n-), < chrismare, pp. chrismatus, anoint 
with chrism, < LL. chrisma : see chrism.] In the 
early church, and in the Eoman Catholic and christ-crpSS (kris'krds). n. [Also written crist- 
Oriental churches, unction with chrism or holy cr oss, criss-cross, for Christ's cross (ME. Cristes 
oil, either of persons, as in baptism and con- cros).] 1. The mark of the cross cut, print- 
firmation, or of things, especially in consecrat- e ^> or stamped on any object, it was sometimes 
ing the water for baptism. S??i2! ? dlal * or the fl s llre XII that is, as the sign 
The order [of baptism) of James of Serug is singular in 
prescribing three chrismatiotis of the water. 
J. M. Neale, Eastern Church, i. 971. 
chrismatory (kriz'ma-to-ri), n. ; pi. chrismato- 
ries (-riz). [< ML. chrismatorium, < chrismare: 
see chrismation. ] A receptacle for 
the chrism, or holy oil, used in the 
services of the Eoman Catholic 
and Eastern churches. Also chris- 
marium. 
Same A picture or image of Christ in his childhood. 
3. A reappearance, in a vision or other- 
wise, of Christ in the form of a child. Among 
the Germans the Christ-child bears the same relation to 
the festivities of Christmas as that borne elsewhere by Saint 
Nicholas. 
Frau Goetzenberger many a time spoke of her Christmas 
tree, and of the marvelous things which the Christ-child 
would lay beneath it. 
Mary Homlt, Madame Goetzenberger's Christmas Eve, iii. 
of 12 o'clock. 
Fall to your business roundly ; the fescue of the dial is 
upon the christ-cross of noon. Puritan, iv. 2. (If ares.) 
2 ' 
; the Alpha and Ome- 
The word is sometimes translated len- 
ticula, a chrismatory or cruet, a vessel to 
contain oil. 
Smith, Portrait of Old Age, p. 215. 
chrism-child, chrisom-child 
(krizm'-, kriz'pm-chlld), n. [Ear- 
ly mod. E. also crisome-cltild, christom-child ; < 
chrism, chrisom, + child.] A child who dies 
within a month after baptism: so called from 
the custom of burying it in its white baptismal 
garment, or chrismal; hence, any innocent or 
very young child. 
ga : probably from the sign of the cross being 
prefixed and appended to serious literary under- 
takings, inscriptions on sepulchral monuments, 
etc. See christcross-row. 
Christ's cross is the crist-cross of all our happiness. 
Quarles, Emblems, ii. 12. 
Christcross-row (kris'kros-ro'), n. [Early mod. 
E. also chrisse-crosse-row ; so called from the 
cross set before the alphabet. Cf. Sp. Cristus, 
the cross marked at the beginning of the al- 
phabet, the alphabet itself.] The alphabet; 
the A B C ; a horn-book. 
Truths to be learned before ever a letter in the Christian's 
Christcross-row. 
Whitlock, Manners of English People, p. 527. 
They never drew 
A look or motion of intelligence 
From infant-conning of the Christ-cross-row. 
Wordsworth, Excursion, viii. 
Christian 1 , and -dom.] If. The profession of 
faith in Christ by baptism ; hence, adoption of 
faith in Christ ; personal Christianity; baptism. 
The Emperour hym asked how he ther-of sholde be sure, 
and he seide he wolde hym asure by his cristyitdome. 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), ill. 428. 
This struck such fear, that straight his Chriitendome 
The King receives, and many with the King. 
Fanshaw's Lusiad, x. 116. 
O I I hae been at glide church-door, 
An' I've got Christendom. 
Tam-a-Line (Child's Ballads, I. 261). 
This . . . cannot be denied . . . by any man that would 
not have his Christendom suspected. 
Jer. Taylor, Episcopacy Asserted, 19. 
2. The part of the world in which the Christian 
religion predominates ; the Christian world. 
We were also nowe passed ye londes of the Infldeles, as 
of Turkes and Sarrasyns, and were comen into the loudes of 
Cristendome, whiche also increased our joye and gladnesse 
right moche. Sir R. Ouylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 74. 
Important as outposts on the verge of Christendom. 
Milman, Hist, of Lat. Christianity. 
3. The whole body of Christians. 
If there had been no Fryers, Christendom* might have 
continu'd quiet, and things remain'd at a stay. 
Selden, Table-Talk, p. 51. 
4f. [I. c.] The name received at baptism; 
hence, any name or epithet. 
With a world 
Of pretty, fond, adoptious Christendoms. 
Shak., All's Well, i. 1. 
_ o// n. [Ver- 
bal n. of christen, v.] The ceremony of baptism, 
especially as accompanied by the giving of the 
name to the infant baptized, followed by family 
festivities. 
Thence ... to Kate Joyce's christening, where much 
company and good service of sweetmeats. 
Pejnjs, Diary, July 11, 1663. 
