Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "Kristi" yana nufin keɓaɓɓen mai da ake amfani da shi a wasu bukukuwan addini, musamman a Cocin Katolika da Orthodox. Ana yin ta ta hanyar haɗa man zaitun da balsam kuma ana amfani da ita don shafewa yayin baftisma, tabbatarwa, naɗawa, da sauran bukukuwan sacrament. Kalmar “chrism” ta fito daga kalmar Helenanci “chrisma,” wanda ke nufin “shafawa.”
