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<hw>Chris"mal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>chrismalis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.</def>

<h1>Chrismation</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chris*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>chrismatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil.</def>

<blockquote><b>Chrismation</b> or cross-signing with ointment, was used in baptism. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chrismatory</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chris"ma*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>chrismatorium</ets>.]</ety> <def>A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept.</def>

<h1>Chrisom</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chris"om</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chrism</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Christ</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Christ</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Christus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ anointed, fr. <grk>chri`ein</grk> to anoint. See <er>Chrism</er>.]</ety> <def><sc>The Anointed</sc>; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew <er>Messiah</er>.</def>

<h1>Christcross</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Christ"cross`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial.</def>

<blockquote>The fescue of the dial is upon the <b>christcross</b> of noon. <i>Old Play. Nares.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The beginning and the ending.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Quarles.</i>

<h1>Christcross-row</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Christ"cross-row`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def>The alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm.</def>

<blockquote>From infant conning of the <b>Christcross-row</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Christen</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chris"ten</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Christened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Christening</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>cristnian</ets> to make a Christian, fr. <ets>cristen</ets> a Christian.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To baptize and give a Christian name to.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give a name; to denominate.</def> "<i>Christen</i> the thing what you will."

<i>Bp. Burnet.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To Christianize.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>