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English
Noun
chrisma
- plural of chrismon
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χρῖσμᾰ (khrîsma, “unction”).
Pronunciation
Noun
chrīsma n (genitive chrīsmatis); third declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) anointing, unction
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Descendants
References
- “chrisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- chrisma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.