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chrism
noun as in anointing
Strong match
noun as in cream
Example Sentences
Straightway there descends a dove white as snow, bearing in its beak an ampulla full of chrism sent from heaven.
He renounced the cross which its priests had signed on him with their chrism, their sham baptisms and other magical rites.
Next, when the altar hath been anointed with chrism, the twelve crosses painted on the walls of the church are also anointed.
Therefore each of the faithful is anointed first twice with oil, next in like manner twice with chrism.
The bishop then poureth over it oil and chrism, and chanteth, 'Jacob set up the stone for a memorial, and poured oil upon it.'
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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