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What is a chrism?

What is a chrism? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation.
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Having been anointed with chrism, they would put their clothes back on and enter the church to participate in the Eucharist for the first time.
In many religions priests are inducted into their sacred office with a holy chrism.
The child is then anointed with chrism, a consecrated oil, and placed in a white baptismal garment.
I had no right, as I told her, to suffer the innocence of her chrism to be soiled with the evil passions which were sin in me.
Straightway there descends a dove white as snow, bearing in its beak an ampulla full of chrism sent from heaven.
Anoint me with the chrism of spontaneity that I may be ever worthy of thee.

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