chrisom

Questions about chrisom

What does chrisom mean?

chrisom means "a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam".

How many syllables are in chrisom?

chrisom has 2 syllables and divides as chri-som under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for chrisom?

Close synonyms include chrism, sacramental oil, holy oil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chrisom a common word?

chrisom is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.