Obs. Also 6 chresme. [a. OF. cresmer, and med.L. chrismāre f. chrisma (see prec.).] trans. To anoint with chrism. Hence Chrismed ppl. a.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 1065. Þow killide has þise cresmede childyre.
1537. Abp. Lee, in Strype, Eccl. Mem., I. II. App. LXXXVIII. 330. He that is baptized shal never be a Christen man, unles he be chrismed by the confirmation of the Bishop.
1561. T. Norton, Calvin’s Inst., IV. xix. 151. They adde furthermore, that … he shall neuer be a Christian, that is not chresmed with the Bishopps Confirmation…. By this sentence ar damned al the Apostles … whom it is moste certaine to haue neuer bene chresmed.
1768–74. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1852), II. 384. The Messiah, that is, the chrismed or anointed.
