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| has gloss | eng: Anciently, a chrisom was the face-cloth, or piece of linen laid over a child's head when he was baptized or christened. The term has come to refer to a child who died within a month after its baptism—so called for the chrisom cloth that was used as a shroud for it. |
| lexicalization | eng: chrisom |
| instance of | c/Death customs |
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