Meaning of chrismon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Christogram.
2. A stylised siglum or character interpreted as an invocation of Christ in Merovingian and Carolingian documents.
3. A Christmas decoration with explicitly Christian religious symbolism.

Examples

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

“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)”

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

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