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Webster 1913 Edition


Chrismation

Chris-ma′tion

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Noun.
[LL.
chrismatio
.]
The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil.
Chrismation
or cross-signing with ointment, was used in baptism.
Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chrismation

CHRISMATION

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Noun.
The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil; in baptism, by the priest; in confirmation, by the bishop. In ordination, it is usually styled unction.

Definition 2024


chrismation

chrismation

English

Noun

chrismation (plural chrismations)

  1. (ecclesiastical) The sacrament of applying chrism to complete baptism in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
    The Church opposed burning people who had received the myron of chrismation in the baptism ritual.
  2. (ecclesiastical) In general, the act of applying chrism, or consecrated oil.

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References

  • chrismation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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