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chrism

chrism \'kriz-*m\ n [ME crisme, fr. OE crisma, fr. LL chrisma, fr. Gk, 
   ointment, fr. Xchriein to anoint; akin to OE gre-ot grit, sand : 
   consecrated oil used in Roman Catholic and some other liturgical churche s 
   esp. in baptism, confirmation, and ordination