1. white robes or cloths worn by infants at baptism in Christian ceremonies
Usage: archaic; historical
2. infants who died within a month of baptism while still wearing their baptismal robes
Usage: archaic; historical

Examples

• The parish records listed several chrisoms who had died in infancy.
• Medieval churches kept careful records of chrisoms in their burial registers.
• The white chrisoms were blessed before the baptismal ceremony.
• In historical documents, chrisoms were often buried in special sections of churchyards.
• The term chrisoms appears frequently in old English parish records.