Latin

Alternative forms

• chrismum

Noun

chrismus m ‎(genitive chrismī); second declension

1. Eucharist

   1577, Gabriel de Barletta, Sermones, volume 1, page 114:

   Quot sunt inquit sacramenta Ecclesiae? Repsond. tribus. Et episcopus Quibus. Chrismus, baptismus, & missa pro defunctis.

   “How many,” [he] said, “are the sacraments of the Church?” [The other] responds: “Three [in number].” And the bishop [said], “Which [in number]?” “The Eucharist, Baptism, and Mass for the Dead.”

   1814, Unknown, quoting John Tutchin, “Nugae. № XXVII”, in The European Magazine, and London Review, page 194:

   B[ishop]. Quot sunt septem Sacramenta?
   S[chollar]. Tribus, viz. Chrismus, Primus et Baptismus.

   Bishop: How many are the seven sacraments?
   Scholar: Three [in number], namely the Eucharist, the first and baptism.

2. Christogram, chrismon

   1765, Johann Christoph Gatterer, Elementa artis diplomaticae universalis, page 145:

   Est vero Chrismon sive Chrismus, si eius originem spectes, nihil aliud, quam signum pietatis christianae, ac sigillatim inuocationis diuinae, vel etiam iurisiurandi taciti, quo quis se ad seruanda, quae promittebat, obligauit.

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• chrismon