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chrism
(redirected from Consecrated Oil)

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chrism, chrisom
a mixture of olive oil and balsam used for sacramental anointing in the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches


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But then there is the festival's divine mystery, the story of what happened after the Maccabees, when they went to rededicate Jerusalem's Temple, found a single jar of consecrated oil there.
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When the ancient Jews were cleaning out the Temple, preparing for its rededication, they needed special, consecrated oil to light the menorah.
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