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chrismation

chrismation noun: the sacrament of applying chrism to complete baptism in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.

Noun

chrismation (countable and uncountable, plural chrismations)

  1. The sacrament of applying chrism to complete baptism in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
    • The Church opposed burning people who had received the myron of chrismation in the baptism ritual.
  2. In general, the act of applying chrism, or consecrated oil.

chrismation meaning in Malayalam and Arabic

chrismation in Malayalam

chrismation
മൃറാനാദിഷേകം mr̥ṟānādiṣēkaṁ

chrismation in Arabic

sacrament of applying chrism
مَسْحَة masḥa

Forms of chrismation

pluralchrismations

Origin of chrismation

From chrism + -ation.

Questions about chrismation

What does chrismation mean?
Chrismation means the sacrament of applying chrism to complete baptism in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
What is chrismation in Malayalam?
Chrismation in Malayalam is മൃറാനാദിഷേകം (mr̥ṟānādiṣēkaṁ). See Chrismation meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is chrismation?
Chrismation is a noun.
What is the plural of chrismation?
The plural of chrismation is chrismations.

Words near chrismation in the dictionary

  1. Chrismas
  2. chrismate
  3. chrismated
  4. chrismates
  5. chrismating
  6. chrismation
  7. chrismations
  8. chrismatories
  9. chrismatory
  10. chrismon
  11. chrismons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chrismation (page history and authors); മൃറാനാദിഷേകം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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