An Attempt To Chrism
G.D.O'Bradovich III
March 18, 2015
The following citations are courtesy of the Oxford English Dictionary. References after the 1800 are omitted.
1a. Oil mingled with balm, consecrated for use as an unguent in the administration of certain sacraments in the Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Anglican Churches.
a1000 Confess. Ecgberti §36 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 162 Mid crysman smyreþ his breost.
a1325 (▸c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2458 Cristene folc..ben smered ðor-quiles he liuen Wið crisme and olie.
▸a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 71 He ordeynede þat every ȝere crisme and oyle shulde be i-halowed in holy chirche.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. xxxi. 367 On Cene thursdaye Crysma is made of oyle and of Balsamo with the whyche chyldern ben cremyd and enoynted.
1485 Caxton tr. Charles the Grete (1881) 20 The holy cresme.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 377/1 He had as leue..be smered with vnhalowed butter as anoynted wyth the holye chrisme.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xv. f. 105, Afterwarde was added a taper with chresme.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 133 The Chrism vsd in Confirmation, and only perhaps to that purpose, by the Pope.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 176/1 Then is his head..anointed with Chrism, that is Oyle and Balsome.
b. fig.
All references are post 1800 A.D.
c. with extended signif.: Unguent.
All references are post 1800 A.D.
2a. A sacramental anointing; unction.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 29200 In funt stane wen we crisme tak.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxiiiv, By confirmation & chrisme is receiued ye holy gost.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 133 That Chrisme, and other such ceremonies are not to be used in Baptisme.
b. spec. The ceremony of Confirmation, esp. as practised in the Orthodox Churches.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvi. 171 Their baptisme in all respectes was as frustrate as their chrisme.
1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 98 They..having learn'd the Creeds and received the Crisme, may partake of the holy mysteries.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 59 Confirmation has different Names..it is called Unction, Chrisom, the Sacrament of Chrisom.
c. Extreme unction.
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. iii. 161 With us Chrisme or exteme unction, is not accounted a Sacrament.
d. transf. and fig.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. xi. Lord's Prayer 4 Let that anointing..descend upon us whereby we may be anointed Kings and Priests by a holy Chrisme.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 122 The reception of the holy Ghost, sometimes called a Chrism or Unction.
3. = chrisom n. 2, 4.
c890 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. ii. xiv, Ða ærran twegen [beorn] under crisman [L. primi albati adhuc] forþgeferdon.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 286 She made also crysmys ful dylygently For pore chyldryn whan thai shul crystyn be.
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Chrisme, sometime it is taken for a white linnen cloth wrapped about an infant after it is newlie christened.
1623 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict.
1704 Cocker's Eng. Dict. Chrism..also a Child dying before Baptism, or within a month of wearing the Chrisme Cloath.
attrib. and Comb., as chrism-child, chrism-cloth, chrism-loosing: see chrisomn.; chrism-liquor, chrism-money.
1615 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. 822 Balsame, pure Wax, and Chrismes-liquor cleare.
1787 Archaeologia 8 224 The chrism money was granted by Ernulf to the monks of his priory.
Application of the chrism; sacramental unction.
1537 Abp. Lee in J. Strype Eccl. Mem. I. ii. App. lxxxviii. 229 He that is baptized is but initiate, that is, entred: and that by chrysmation of the bishop he is made perfect.
1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy xxxiii, The case is evident that chrismation, or consigning with ointment, was us'd in baptism.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ampullæ were also used for holding the oil used in chrismation.
The previous citations in chronological order.
890c tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. ii. xiv, Ða ærran twegen [beorn] under crisman [L. primi albati adhuc] forþgeferdon.
1000a Confess. Ecgberti §36 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 162 Mid crysman smyreþ his breost.
1300a Cursor Mundi 29200 In funt stane wen we crisme tak.
1325a (▸c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2458 Cristene folc..ben smered ðor-quiles he liuen Wið crisme and olie.
1387▸a J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 71 He ordeynede þat every ȝere crisme and oyle shulde be i-halowed in holy chirche.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. xxxi. 367 On Cene thursdaye Crysma is made of oyle and of Balsamo with the whyche chyldern ben cremyd and enoynted.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 286 She made also crysmys ful dylygently For pore chyldryn whan thai shul crystyn be.
1485 Caxton tr. Charles the Grete (1881) 20 The holy cresme.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 377/1 He had as leue..be smered with vnhalowed butter as anoynted wyth the holye chrisme.
1537 Abp. Lee in J. Strype Eccl. Mem. I. ii. App. lxxxviii. 229 He that is baptized is but initiate, that is, entred: and that by chrysmation of the bishop he is made perfect.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxiiiv, By confirmation & chrisme is receiued ye holy gost.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xv. f. 105, Afterwarde was added a taper with chresme.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvi. 171 Their baptisme in all respectes was as frustrate as their chrisme.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 133 The Chrism vsd in Confirmation, and only perhaps to that purpose, by the Pope.
1615 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. 822 Balsame, pure Wax, and Chrismes-liquor cleare.
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Chrisme, sometime it is taken for a white linnen cloth wrapped about an infant after it is newlie christened.
1623 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict.
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. iii. 161 With us Chrisme or exteme unction, is not accounted a Sacrament.
1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy xxxiii, The case is evident that chrismation, or consigning with ointment, was us'd in baptism.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. xi. Lord's Prayer 4 Let that anointing..descend upon us whereby we may be anointed Kings and Priests by a holy Chrisme.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 133 That Chrisme, and other such ceremonies are not to be used in Baptisme.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 176/1 Then is his head..anointed with Chrism, that is Oyle and Balsome.
1704 Cocker's Eng. Dict. Chrism..also a Child dying before Baptism, or within a month of wearing the Chrisme Cloath.
1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 98 They..having learn'd the Creeds and received the Crisme, may partake of the holy mysteries.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 59 Confirmation has different Names..it is called Unction, Chrisom, the Sacrament of Chrisom.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ampullæ were also used for holding the oil used in chrismation.
1774a A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 122 The reception of the holy Ghost, sometimes called a Chrism or Unction.
1787 Archaeologia 8 224 The chrism money was granted by Ernulf to the monks of his priory.
1a. Oil mingled with balm, consecrated for use as an unguent in the administration of certain sacraments in the Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Anglican Churches.
a1000 Confess. Ecgberti §36 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 162 Mid crysman smyreþ his breost.
a1325 (▸c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2458 Cristene folc..ben smered ðor-quiles he liuen Wið crisme and olie.
▸a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 71 He ordeynede þat every ȝere crisme and oyle shulde be i-halowed in holy chirche.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. xxxi. 367 On Cene thursdaye Crysma is made of oyle and of Balsamo with the whyche chyldern ben cremyd and enoynted.
1485 Caxton tr. Charles the Grete (1881) 20 The holy cresme.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 377/1 He had as leue..be smered with vnhalowed butter as anoynted wyth the holye chrisme.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xv. f. 105, Afterwarde was added a taper with chresme.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 133 The Chrism vsd in Confirmation, and only perhaps to that purpose, by the Pope.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 176/1 Then is his head..anointed with Chrism, that is Oyle and Balsome.
b. fig.
All references are post 1800 A.D.
c. with extended signif.: Unguent.
All references are post 1800 A.D.
2a. A sacramental anointing; unction.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 29200 In funt stane wen we crisme tak.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxiiiv, By confirmation & chrisme is receiued ye holy gost.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 133 That Chrisme, and other such ceremonies are not to be used in Baptisme.
b. spec. The ceremony of Confirmation, esp. as practised in the Orthodox Churches.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvi. 171 Their baptisme in all respectes was as frustrate as their chrisme.
1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 98 They..having learn'd the Creeds and received the Crisme, may partake of the holy mysteries.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 59 Confirmation has different Names..it is called Unction, Chrisom, the Sacrament of Chrisom.
c. Extreme unction.
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. iii. 161 With us Chrisme or exteme unction, is not accounted a Sacrament.
d. transf. and fig.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. xi. Lord's Prayer 4 Let that anointing..descend upon us whereby we may be anointed Kings and Priests by a holy Chrisme.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 122 The reception of the holy Ghost, sometimes called a Chrism or Unction.
3. = chrisom n. 2, 4.
c890 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. ii. xiv, Ða ærran twegen [beorn] under crisman [L. primi albati adhuc] forþgeferdon.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 286 She made also crysmys ful dylygently For pore chyldryn whan thai shul crystyn be.
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Chrisme, sometime it is taken for a white linnen cloth wrapped about an infant after it is newlie christened.
1623 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict.
1704 Cocker's Eng. Dict. Chrism..also a Child dying before Baptism, or within a month of wearing the Chrisme Cloath.
attrib. and Comb., as chrism-child, chrism-cloth, chrism-loosing: see chrisomn.; chrism-liquor, chrism-money.
1615 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. 822 Balsame, pure Wax, and Chrismes-liquor cleare.
1787 Archaeologia 8 224 The chrism money was granted by Ernulf to the monks of his priory.
Application of the chrism; sacramental unction.
1537 Abp. Lee in J. Strype Eccl. Mem. I. ii. App. lxxxviii. 229 He that is baptized is but initiate, that is, entred: and that by chrysmation of the bishop he is made perfect.
1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy xxxiii, The case is evident that chrismation, or consigning with ointment, was us'd in baptism.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ampullæ were also used for holding the oil used in chrismation.
The previous citations in chronological order.
890c tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. ii. xiv, Ða ærran twegen [beorn] under crisman [L. primi albati adhuc] forþgeferdon.
1000a Confess. Ecgberti §36 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 162 Mid crysman smyreþ his breost.
1300a Cursor Mundi 29200 In funt stane wen we crisme tak.
1325a (▸c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2458 Cristene folc..ben smered ðor-quiles he liuen Wið crisme and olie.
1387▸a J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 71 He ordeynede þat every ȝere crisme and oyle shulde be i-halowed in holy chirche.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. xxxi. 367 On Cene thursdaye Crysma is made of oyle and of Balsamo with the whyche chyldern ben cremyd and enoynted.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 286 She made also crysmys ful dylygently For pore chyldryn whan thai shul crystyn be.
1485 Caxton tr. Charles the Grete (1881) 20 The holy cresme.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 377/1 He had as leue..be smered with vnhalowed butter as anoynted wyth the holye chrisme.
1537 Abp. Lee in J. Strype Eccl. Mem. I. ii. App. lxxxviii. 229 He that is baptized is but initiate, that is, entred: and that by chrysmation of the bishop he is made perfect.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxiiiv, By confirmation & chrisme is receiued ye holy gost.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xv. f. 105, Afterwarde was added a taper with chresme.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvi. 171 Their baptisme in all respectes was as frustrate as their chrisme.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 133 The Chrism vsd in Confirmation, and only perhaps to that purpose, by the Pope.
1615 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. 822 Balsame, pure Wax, and Chrismes-liquor cleare.
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Chrisme, sometime it is taken for a white linnen cloth wrapped about an infant after it is newlie christened.
1623 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict.
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. iii. 161 With us Chrisme or exteme unction, is not accounted a Sacrament.
1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy xxxiii, The case is evident that chrismation, or consigning with ointment, was us'd in baptism.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. xi. Lord's Prayer 4 Let that anointing..descend upon us whereby we may be anointed Kings and Priests by a holy Chrisme.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 133 That Chrisme, and other such ceremonies are not to be used in Baptisme.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 176/1 Then is his head..anointed with Chrism, that is Oyle and Balsome.
1704 Cocker's Eng. Dict. Chrism..also a Child dying before Baptism, or within a month of wearing the Chrisme Cloath.
1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 98 They..having learn'd the Creeds and received the Crisme, may partake of the holy mysteries.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 59 Confirmation has different Names..it is called Unction, Chrisom, the Sacrament of Chrisom.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ampullæ were also used for holding the oil used in chrismation.
1774a A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 122 The reception of the holy Ghost, sometimes called a Chrism or Unction.
1787 Archaeologia 8 224 The chrism money was granted by Ernulf to the monks of his priory.