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chrisom children

chrisom children is the plural of chrisom child.

Meaning of chrisom child

Noun

chrisom child (plural chrisom children)

  1. 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."1892, Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer, Church-lore Gleanings, page 148

Questions about chrisom children

What is chrisom children the plural of?
Chrisom children is the plural of chrisom child.

Words near chrisom children in the dictionary

  1. chrisms
  2. Chrismukka
  3. Chrismukkah
  4. chrisom
  5. chrisom child
  6. chrisom children
  7. Chrisomalis
  8. chrisome
  9. chrisomes
  10. chrisoms
  11. Chrisp

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