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A mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: muron, myrrh
Antonyms: none provided
a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chrisom, sacramental oil, holy oil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve
From Middle English crisme, from Late Old English crisma, from Medieval Latin crisma, from Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “anointing”, “unction”), from χρίω (khríō, “anoint”).
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
մյուռոն
(myuṙon)
— mixture of oil and balm
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Bulgarian:
ми́ро
(míro)
— mixture of oil and balm
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Bulgarian:
еле́й
(eléj)
— mixture of oil and balm
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Catalan:
crisma
— mixture of oil and balm
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Chinese Mandarin:
聖油 /圣油
(shèngyóu)
— mixture of oil and balm
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Czech:
křižmo
— mixture of oil and balm
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Esperanto:
krismo
— mixture of oil and balm
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Finnish:
mirha
— mixture of oil and balm
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Finnish:
mirhami
— mixture of oil and balm
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French:
chrême
— mixture of oil and balm
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Galician:
crisma
— mixture of oil and balm
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Georgian:
მირონი
(mironi)
— mixture of oil and balm
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German:
Chrisam
— mixture of oil and balm
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German:
Chrisma
— mixture of oil and balm
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German:
Chrisam
— mixture of oil and balm
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Greek:
Άγιο Μύρο
(Ágio Mýro)
— mixture of oil and balm
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Icelandic:
krisma
— mixture of oil and balm
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Ido:
krismo
— mixture of oil and balm
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Indonesian:
krisma
— mixture of oil and balm
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Italian:
crisma
— mixture of oil and balm
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Japanese:
聖油
(seiyu)
— mixture of oil and balm
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Macedonian:
миро
(miro)
— mixture of oil and balm
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Malayalam:
മൂറോൻ
(mūṟōṉ)
— mixture of oil and balm
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Middle English:
crisme
— mixture of oil and balm
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Polish:
krzyżmo
— mixture of oil and balm
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Portuguese:
crisma
— mixture of oil and balm
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Russian:
ми́ро
(míro)
— mixture of oil and balm
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Russian:
еле́й
(jeléj)
— mixture of oil and balm
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Serbo-Croatian:
krȉzma
— mixture of oil and balm
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Serbo-Croatian:
кризма
— mixture of oil and balm
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Spanish:
crisma
— mixture of oil and balm
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Swedish:
krisma
— mixture of oil and balm
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Turkish:
kutsal yağ
— mixture of oil and balm
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Ukrainian:
ми́ро
(mýro)
— mixture of oil and balm
