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christen

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, from Old English cristnian "to baptize," literally "to make Christian," from cristen "Christian" (see Christian ). General meaning of "to name" is attested from mid-15c. Related: Christened ; christening .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES marriage/funeral/christening etc service ▪ a memorial service for the disaster victims EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Derek christened his new sports car "Lightning." ▪ Former first lady Barbara Bush officially christened ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To perform the religious act of the baptism, to baptise. 2 (label en usually Christian) To name. 3 (context obsolete English) To Christianize. 4 (context colloquial usually Christian English) To use for the first time.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Christen is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: Adolf Christen (1811–1883), court actor, theater director and theater manager Andreas Christen (born 1989), footballer from Liechtenstein Björn Christen (born 1980), ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" [syn: baptize , baptise ]

Usage examples of christen.

Crypto team, led by Commander Strathmore, created an algorithm they christened Skipjack.

American flag was raised in the Plaza, that Yerba Buena Cove was renamed San Francisco, the Plaza was renamed Portsmouth Square, and the nameless thoroughfare along the waterfront was christened Montgomery Street.

For the magnificent galley which the little one of the Ca' Giustiniani--he that is grandson to our Messer Girolamo Magagnati--hath given to the Republic will be floated out from the basin of the arsenal and christened this day!

Clarissa giggled when Capella was introduced, and said that everybody thought of that lovely little light opera, but Lionel and Clarissa was how they had been christened and there was nothing they could do about it.

Only three days later, when he took part in the magnificent christening ceremony that named the child Elizabeth, he saw that the iron cross was pinned to the inside of the chrisom, the robe in which the child would be wrapped when she was taken from the baptismal font.

Erik agreed, allowed himself to be christened, and took the right troth.

Olaf agreed -- as many of the Scandinavians did in these times -- that he would at once be christened, on the one condition that, while calling himself a follower of Christ, he should not be expected to abandon either his belief in Odin or his hopes of Valhalla.

Few words were spoken before Olaf, to the surprise of all present, declared that the jarl must let himself be christened or that there and then he should die.

In the district of Ringarike he christened a certain little boy, the son of Harald Groenske, who was of the race of Harald Fairhair.

Then perhaps he would fall into argument with one of the leading men of the place and show how the God of christened men was almighty, and how Thor and Odin must therefore be rejected.

They agreed to be christened there and then, and Bishop Sigurd at once baptized them, and all the bonders who were present.

Scotland, Margaret McAvoy, who had given birth to his son in July 1966, whom she too had christened Steven.

Less than two months later, and just after her own twenty-fourth birthday, Rosemary West gave birth to her third daughter and fourth child, whom the Wests christened Tara.

Much Marcle, where his eldest son had been christened and confirmed into the Anglican Church four decades earlier.

If the child is properly christened, she will be much more valuable to you.