chrisma

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English

Noun

chrisma

  1. plural of chrismon

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρῖσμᾰ (khrîsmă, “unction”).

Pronunciation

Noun

chrīsma n (genitive chrīsmatis); third declension

  1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) anointing, unction

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative chrīsma chrīsmata
genitive chrīsmatis chrīsmatum
dative chrīsmatī chrīsmatibus
accusative chrīsma chrīsmata
ablative chrīsmate chrīsmatibus
vocative chrīsma chrīsmata

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.
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