English English Dictionary

See Chay root.

The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy.

The science of the useful arts, esp. agriculture, manufactures, and commerce.

Teaching what is useful.

A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.

Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc.

The same as Chrisom.

Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.

The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil.

A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept.

A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.

A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.

The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.

One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.

The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial.

The beginning and the ending.

The alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm.

To baptize and give a Christian name to.

To give a name; to denominate.

To Christianize.