01 n. A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
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A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.[Obs.]
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2.
A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.[Obs.]