chrisom Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam
    sacramental oil; holy oil; chrism.

WordNet

Chris"om noun
Etymology
See Chrism.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913