chrism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English crisme, from Late Old English crisma, from Medieval Latin crisma, from Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “anointing”, “unction”), from χρίω (khríō, “anoint”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation.
He was more dangerous than the plump satisfied ones, he was so sure of the value of his witchcraft, the holy oils and chrisms and unctions.
2000, Joseph O'Neill, The Black Shore, page 62:Miraculously moist, the chrism was kept in an ampulla in Reims cathedral where the coronations of the kings of France were held.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 8:‘The King,’ Will cried, ‘is my master and bathed in the chrism of the Lord God.’
1984, Anthony Burgess, Enderby's Dark Lady:I observe no confirmation of this reversal and Pole specifically restored chrisms in 1555 (Cardwell, op. cit. i. 147).
1982, A. G. Dickens, Reformation Studies, page 305, footnote:For Christian examples of condensed symbols, consider the sacraments, particularly the Eucharist and the Chrisms.
1986, Thomas G. Pavel, Fictional Worlds, page 111:A reinforcement of fresh troops staggered in, one man soaked and dripping, his hair sticky with the chrism of poured beer, another with his pockets crammed with sauce-bottles.
1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 352:[…]even if modest gestures of modernisation have slimmed down the ceremony, the chrism of unction is no longer perfumed with animal effluents—ambergris, musk and civet—and Andrew Lloyd Webber added to Handel and Elgar?
2023 May 6, Simon Schama, “Magic and Modernity”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (34)
io krismo (mixture of oil and balm) · ja 聖油 (mixture of oil and balm) · es crisma (mixture of oil and balm) · bg еле́й (mixture of oil and balm) · el Άγιο Μύρο (mixture of oil and balm) · ru ми́ро (mixture of oil and balm) · gsw Chrisam (mixture of oil and balm) · id krisma (mixture of oil and balm) · gl crisma (mixture of oil and balm) · ka მირონი (mixture of oil and balm) · cs křižmo (mixture of oil and balm) · ca crisma (mixture of oil and balm) · is krisma (mixture of oil and balm) · tr kutsal yağ (mixture of oil and balm) · fi mirhami (mixture of oil and balm) · eo krismo (mixture of oil and balm) · enm crisme (mixture of oil and balm) · mk миро (mixture of oil and balm) · fr chrême (mixture of oil and balm) · it crisma (mixture of oil and balm) · pl krzyżmo (mixture of oil and balm) · de Chrisma (mixture of oil and balm) · sh кризма (mixture of oil and balm) · cmn 聖油 /圣油 (mixture of oil and balm) · sv krisma (mixture of oil and balm) · fi mirha (mixture of oil and balm) · pt crisma (mixture of oil and balm) · bg ми́ро (mixture of oil and balm) · de Chrisam (mixture of oil and balm) · hy մյուռոն (mixture of oil and balm) · ru еле́й (mixture of oil and balm) · sh krȉzma (mixture of oil and balm) · uk ми́ро (mixture of oil and balm) · ml മൂറോൻ (mixture of oil and balm)