1. a white cloth or robe worn by a newly baptized person, especially an infant
Usage: archaic; Christian religious context
2. an infant who dies within a month of baptism while still wearing the chrisom cloth
Usage: archaic; historical

Examples

• The baby was wrapped in a white chrisom after the baptism ceremony.
• Medieval records often listed chrisom children separately in burial registers.
• The priest blessed the chrisom before placing it on the infant.
• In old parish records, a chrisom was noted as dying before reaching one month of age.
• The traditional chrisom was made of fine white linen or silk.
• Historical documents show that chrisom burials were common in earlier centuries.