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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɹɪz(ə)m/Part of speech nounSorted chimrsStarts with CEnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • I observe no confirmation of this reversal and Pole specifically restored chrisms in 1555 (Cardwell, op. cit. i. 147).
  • ‘The King,’ Will cried, ‘is my master and bathed in the chrism of the Lord God.’

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