The Collaborative International Dictionary
Christen \Chris"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Christened; p. pr. & vb. n. Christening.] [AS. cristnian to make a Christian, fr. cristen a Christian.]
To baptize and give a Christian name to.
To give a name; to denominate. ``Christen the thing what you will.''
--Bp. Burnet.To Christianize. [Obs.]
--Jer. Taylor.To use for the first time. [Colloq.]
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vb. (en-past of: christen)
Usage examples of "christened".
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.
I can tell you, however, that the gifts are so important to our lives that if the child is not christened, you may find that inadvertently it will be you and your firm who violate the terms of the agreement.
Therefore, I shall not only need to see her, but to see to it that she is christened in the religion of our native land by my cousin, who is a duly qualified representative of our faith.
I will not be christened, and then, if we may trust the priests, my soul is lost.
Thus Orm was christened, and soon afterward he wed Ailfrida and bore her home.
Someday, of course, she must bring Skafloc to the lands of men and get him christened, a worthy deed for which her present sins would no doubt be forgiven her.