(1):
(n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
(2):
(n.) A child which died within a month after its baptism; - so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.
(1):
(n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
(2):
(n.) A child which died within a month after its baptism; - so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.
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