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(1):

(n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.

(2):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Chrisom'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/chrisom.html. 1828.
 
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