Aug 192010
Also known as
- chrismatory
Article
A metal jar or small cylindrical box for holding oil of catechumens, oil of the sick, and chrism. The word formerly designated the cloth covering wrapped about relics; a pall or corporal; a vessel for the Blessed Eucharist; a cere-cloth covering of the altar-table; also, the white-hooded robes of the newly baptized.
MLA Citation
- “chrismal”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/chrismal/>