Christogram

English Alternative forms en Christogramme obsolete Etymology From en Christo- gram, c. 1900, adopted from en de Christogramm, in c. 1860 as portmanteau or abbreviation of the slightly older (1840s) and more formal compound de Christusmonogramm, translating the en la-med monogramma Christi. English literature before 1900 used compositional "Monogram of Christ" or the rare en chrismon. 1860s. The plural Christograms is recorded in the 1950s and also rare. Noun en mul ☧ grc ΧΡ grc ΙΗΣ grc ΙΧΘΥΣ A monogram that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a Christian symbol, such as the chi-rho. en 1903 Had he [the creator of a Pompeiian mosaic] been a Christian, he would certainly have given expression to his faith by some definite Christian symbol, — the fish or the ΑΩ, or the Christogram. P. C. The Open Court 17 https://books.google.com/books?id=duMeAQAAIAAJ&q=christogram 185 en 1978 About thirty of these [markings on Pompeiian amphorae] appear to be either the so-called christograms or other monograms disturbingly reminiscent of the various christograms W. O. Moeller Marks Names and Numbers Boer Hommages a Maarten J. Vermaseren https://books.google.ch/books?id=19IUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA813 813 See also en ichthys Anagrams en acghimorrst trichograms en eponyms en Christianity