English Dictionary

chrismon

名詞

A Christogram. / (palaeography) A stylised siglum or character interpreted as an invocation of Christ in Merovingian and Carolingian documents.

日本語の意味

キリストを象徴する略記（キリストグラム）。メロヴィング朝やカルロリング朝の文書に見られる、キリストへの呼びかけを意図した、独自に様式化された文字や記号を指します。

The old chrismon hung above the altar, its intertwined letters worn smooth by centuries of candle soot.

古いキリスト記号が祭壇の上に掲げられており、絡み合った文字は何世紀ものろうそくの煤で滑らかになっていた。

意味（1）

A Christogram.

The sacred monogram or chrismon was extensively used by Constantine […] a crown of gold, enclosing the chrismon or mysterious monogram

意味（2）

(palaeography) A stylised siglum or character interpreted as an invocation of Christ in Merovingian and Carolingian documents.

The document usually begins with a verbal invocation (such as In Dei nomine, amen) or a chrismon (often Christ's monogram formed from the letters XP)

意味（3）

A Christmas decoration with explicitly Christian religious symbolism.

Chrismons were first made as tree decorations by members of the Lutheran Church of the Ascension, Daville, Va., in 1957.

chrismons （ plural ）

chrisma （ plural ）