CHRISOME
\kɹˈa͡ɪsʌm], \kɹˈaɪsʌm], \k_ɹ_ˈaɪ_s_ʌ_m]\
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A white vesture, in token of innocence, placed at baptism on the child, to keep the oil [Gr.] from running off. Chrisome-child, one shrouded in its C., because dying between its baptism and the churching of the mother; sometimes incorrectly used to mean one dying before baptism.
By Henry Percy Smith
