FROM: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary:

* chris·mon

Pronunciation: 'kriz-"män
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural chris·ma /-m&/; or chrismons
Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Latin Christus Christ + Late Latin monogramma monogram
Date: 1872
see: CHI-RHO 

* Chi-Rho

Pronunciation: 'kI-'rO, 'kE-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural Chi-Rhos
Etymology: chi + rho
Date: 1868
: a Christian monogram and symbol formed from the first two letters X and P of the Greek word for Christ -- called also Christogram.

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