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chrisma

chrisma · n

an anointing

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What it meant

chrisma — Lewis & Short

chrisma, ătis, n., = xri/sma, in eccl. Lat.,

I an anointing, unction, Tert. Bapt. 7; id. adv. Jud. 13; Prud. Cath. 6, 128; Psych. 361 al.

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  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. chrisma (scan p. 142; entry #2108).

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