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Chrisom [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

a child that dies within a month after its birth; so called from the chrisom-cloth, a linen cloth anointed with holy oil, which was formerly laid over a childs face when it was baptized. Also, the cloth itself.

Chrisom [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

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