An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
CHRISMATION
Etymology
Noun
chrismation (countable and uncountable, plural chrismations)
(ecclesiastical) The sacrament of applying chrism to complete baptism in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
(ecclesiastical) In general, the act of applying chrism, or consecrated oil.
Anagrams
• harmonicist, harmonistic
Source: Wiktionary
Chris*ma"tion, n. Etym: [LL. chrismatio.]
Definition: The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil. Chrismation or cross-signing with ointment, was used in baptism. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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