chrisom child

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chrisom child

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So called from the chrisom cloth used as a shroud for such children.

noun chrisom children

A child that died within a month after its baptism. It is on a small stone in the chancel, underneath a brass figure of a chrisom child, and runs thus "Of Rog' Lee, gentilma' here, lyeth the son Bendict Lee Crysom, who soule ih'u p'dō."

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@misc{chrisom_child_2026,
  title = {chrisom child},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chrisom%20child},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}