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See also:CHRISM (through See also:Lat. chrisma, from Gr. xpavua, an See also:anointing substance, Xpiew , to anoint; through a Romanic See also:form cresma comes the Fr. creme, and Eng. " cream ") , a mixture of See also:olive oil and See also:balm, used for anointing in the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church in See also:baptism, See also:confirmation and ordination, and in the consecrating and blessing of altars, chalices, baptismal See also:water, &c. The See also:consecration of the " chrism " is performed by a See also:bishop, and since the 5th See also:century has taken See also:place on Maundy See also:Thursday. In the Orthodox Church the chrism contains, besides olive oil, many See also:precious spices and perfumes, and is known as " muron " or " See also:myron." The word is sometimes used loosely for the unmixed olive oil used in the See also:sacrament of extreme See also:unction. The " Chrisom " or " chrysom," a variant of " chrism," lengthened through See also:pronunciation, is a See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:cloth with which the See also:head of a newly baptized See also:child was covered to prevent the See also:holy oil from being rubbed off. If the baby died within a See also:month of its baptism, it was shrouded in its chrisom; otherwise the cloth or its value was given to the church as an offering by the See also:mother at her churching. See also:Children dying within the month were called
" chrisom-children" or chrisoms," and up to 1726 such entries occur in bills of mortality. The word was also used generally for a very See also:young and See also:innocent child, thus See also:Shakespeare, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry V., ii.
End of Article: CHRISM (through Lat. chrisma, from Gr. xpavua, an anointing substance, Xpiew , to anoint; through a Romanic form cresma comes the Fr. creme, and Eng. " cream ")
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