(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.
Chrisom
Definition:
(n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
(n.) A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.