Chrisom
In today's world, Chrisom has become a topic of great relevance and interest to a large number of people around the world. With the advancement of science and technology, Chrisom has positioned itself as a central topic in different areas of knowledge, generating debates, research and new discoveries that have significantly impacted society. From its origin to the present, Chrisom has marked a before and after in various areas, generating great changes and transformations that have had an impact on the way we understand the world. In this article, we will explore in detail the impact and importance of Chrisom, analyzing its influence in different spheres of daily life and the possible implications it has for the future.
| Chrisom | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Part of a monument showing three chrisom swaddled babies | |
| Material type | Face-cloth |
Anciently, a chrisom, or "chrisom-cloth," was the face-cloth, or piece of linen laid over a child's head during baptism or christening. Originally, the purpose of the chrisom-cloth was to keep the chrism, a consecrated oil, from accidentally rubbing off. With time, the word's meaning changed, to that of a white mantle thrown over the whole infant at the time of baptism. The term has come to refer to a child who died within a month after its baptism—so called for the chrisom cloth that was used as a shroud for it. Additionally, in London's bills of mortality, the term chrisom was used to refer to infants who died within a month after being born.
References
- ^ a b Nares, Robert (1859). A Glossary; or Collection of Words, Phrases, Names and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, etc., Which Have Been Thought to Require Illustration in the Works of English Authors, Particularly Shakespeare and His Contemporaries. London: John Russel Smith. p. 160.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Chrisom, Chrismale". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. p. 213.- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 | This death-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |