CHRISOM


Meaning of CHRISOM in English

n. 1 = CHRISM. 2 (in full chrisom-cloth) hist. a white robe put on a child at baptism, and used as its shroud if it died within the month.

[ ME, as pop. pronunc. of CHRISM ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.