chrism

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357) God _confirmeth_ us in faith; He hath _anointed_ us by spiritual unction, typified by the sacred chrism which is marked on our foreheads.

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  1. noun Ecclesiastical A consecrated mixture of oil and balsam, used for anointing in church sacraments such as baptism and confirmation. Also called holy oil.
  2. noun Ecclesiastical A sacramental anointing, especially upon confirmation into the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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  • One can imagine that the cup was filled with chrism (oil) used for rituals of some kind hence the meaning of the inscription. —  Drudge Retort
  • January 26th, 2009 at 7: 52 pm chrism - Wenger thinks Eduardo needs at least one more game before returning to the 1st team and Vela was ill before kick off so got withdrawn from the squad which is why we only had —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • "For the housel and the chrism, they be mercies of man. —  The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time
  • "[27 From the end of the fifth century the exercise of the medical art was almost exclusively appropriated by cloisters and monasteries, whose occupants boldly vended the miraculous remedial properties of relics, chrism, baptismal fluids, holy oil, rosy crosses, etc., as of unquestioned virtue. —  Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing
  • The sacrifice is no longer offered, the chrism is no longer consecrated, all the mysteries of religion have fled at the touch of the parricide hands of ungodly men." —  Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition
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  1. Middle English crisme, chrism, chrisom, from Old English crisma, from Latin chrīsma, from Greek khrīsma, an anointing, from khrīein, to anoint; see ghrēi- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also chrisom, early modern English also chrisme, crisme, chrisome, crisome; from Middle English crisme, crysme, crisome, crysome, chrism (oil), from Anglo-Saxon crisma, chrism (oil or vesture), = Old High German chrismo, chrisamo, chresamo, Middle High German crisme, kreseme, crisem, kresem, German chrisam, chrism (oil) (Middle English also creime, creym, from Old French cresme, chresme, French chréme = Provencal Spanish Italian crisma = pg. chrisma), from Late Latin chrisma, chrism (oil), from Gr, χρι\σμα, an unguent, unction, from χρίειν, rub, graze, besmear, anoint: see Christ. The form chrisom is archaic; chrism is now preferred in technical and literary use.
  2. Also chrisom; from Middle English crisomen (cf. Middle Latin chrismare), anoint with chrism, from crisme, crisme, chrism (oil): see chrism, n.
 

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