Obs. [ad. med.L. chrismātiōn-em n. of action f. chrismā-re to CHRISM.] Application of the chrism; sacramental unction.
1537. Abp. Lee, in Strype, Eccl. Mem., I. II. App. lxxxviii. 229. He that is baptized is but initiate, that is, entred: and that by chrysmation of the bishop he is made perfect.
1643. Jer. Taylor, Episc., xxxiii. The case is evident that chrismation, or consigning with ointment, was us’d in baptism.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp. Ampullæ were also used for holding the oil used in chrismation.
