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词汇 chrism
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Definition of chrism in English:

chrism

noun ˈkrɪz(ə)mˈkrɪzəm
mass noun
  • A mixture of oil and balsam, consecrated and used for anointing at baptism and in other rites of Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican Churches.

    圣油(用于洗礼涂油仪式及其他天主教、东正教和英国国教仪式)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On Confirmation Day, the teenage candidates waited nervously for the questions the bishop would ask before anointing them with chrism.
    • The frequent theft of chrism from churches for magical purposes is a case in point; surely this was not a clear indicator of persistent paganism.
    • Having been anointed with chrism, they would put their clothes back on and enter the church to participate in the Eucharist for the first time.
    • The child is then anointed with chrism, a consecrated oil, and placed in a white baptismal garment.
    • In it he expresses his anguish at the killings: ‘The newly baptized in their white garments had just been anointed with chrism.’

Origin

Old English, from medieval Latin crisma, ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Greek khrisma 'anointing', from khriein 'anoint'.

Rhymes

abysm, arrivisme, chrisom, ism, prism, schism

Definition of chrism in US English:

chrism

nounˈkrizəmˈkrɪzəm
  • A mixture of oil and balsam, consecrated and used for anointing at baptism and in other rites of Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican Churches.

    圣油(用于洗礼涂油仪式及其他天主教、东正教和英国国教仪式)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Having been anointed with chrism, they would put their clothes back on and enter the church to participate in the Eucharist for the first time.
    • The child is then anointed with chrism, a consecrated oil, and placed in a white baptismal garment.
    • On Confirmation Day, the teenage candidates waited nervously for the questions the bishop would ask before anointing them with chrism.
    • In it he expresses his anguish at the killings: ‘The newly baptized in their white garments had just been anointed with chrism.’
    • The frequent theft of chrism from churches for magical purposes is a case in point; surely this was not a clear indicator of persistent paganism.

Origin

Old English, from medieval Latin crisma, ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Greek khrisma ‘anointing’, from khriein ‘anoint’.

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