(n.) A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians.
Example Sentences:
(1) All persons who serve the Lord through their work in a health care facility should be considered healers and need to be made aware of the special charisms in healing.
(2) • On women: "We must go further in the explicitness of the role and charism of women living in the church."
(3) Especially meaningful may be a ceremoney in which individuals are anointed with oil to dedicate them to the charisms of their particular tasks.
(4) Speaking for the first time as pope on the issue of women's ordination, Francis said that although that particular door was "closed", the church should find ways to boost women's "role and charism [divinely bestowed gifts]".
Chrism
Definition:
(n.) Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc.
(n.) The same as Chrisom.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Author concludes the paper, affirming that chemoprophylaxis with isoniazid, after 20 years of application, has obtained the official chrism and can furnish, besides the BCG vaccine, a remarkable contribution to the control of tuberculosis in all countries of the world.