Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHRIS'OM
CHRIS'OM, n. [See Chrism.]
A child that dies within a month after its birth; so called from the chrisom-cloth, a linen cloth anointed with holy oil, which was formerly laid over a child's face when it was baptized. Also, the cloth itself. – Encyc.
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