What is the meaning of Chrisom?

  • (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.
  • (n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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