chrisom child

[ kriz-uhm chahyld ]

noun

1. a baptized child that dies in their first month of life.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chrisom child¹

First recorded in 1535–45

Example Sentences

A sixteenth century brass in Chesham Bois Church, in Buckinghamshire, represents Benedict Lee, chrisom child, in his chrisom cloth.

From Project Gutenberg

He died like a lamb, or, as men call it, like a chrisom child, quietly and without fear.'

From Project Gutenberg

But no sooner opes she her eyes than he hath both her hands hid in one o' his, and close against his breast, and she lying back in 's arms as though she were any chrisom child, and her big eyes wide on his, and he saith to her, "Lass! lass!" saith he, "I ha' come to marry thee, an thou wilt have me," quoth he.

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Far away's the country, and the seas are wild That you must voyage over, grown man or chrisom child, O'er leagues of land and water a weary way you'll go Before you'll find the country where the blue roses grow.

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So, too, one fee was charged for interring a " great corse," another for a "chrisom child."

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