christening

Speech parts

1. christening - Noun

2. christening - Verb

Meaning

of Christen

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

godfather missal communion nones christen name sacrament baptize epiphany chrism calling ceremony identification ritual debut
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Antonyms

funeral conclusion mistake abortion ignorance misunderstanding
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Hypernyms

baptism

Phrases with the word

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Examples

Although it is not required, many parents and godparents choose to dress the baby in a white gown called a christening gown for the baptism ceremony. Source: Internet

A mob killed the Christian Fyodor and his son Ioann (later, after the overall christening of Kievan Rus, people came to regard these two as the first Christian martyrs in Rus', and the Orthodox Church set a day to commemorate them, July 25). Source: Internet

British music papers such as the NME and Sounds took notice, with Sounds writer Geoff Barton christening the movement the "New Wave of British Heavy Metal". Source: Internet

Initiation In Zoroastrianism a person is not initiated as an infant like christening. Source: Internet

In 1521, the island was given its formal name, "San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico", following the custom of christening a town with its formal name and the name which Christopher Columbus had originally given the island. Source: Internet

McKinstry 2010, p. 52. The type name "Hurricane" proposed by Hawker was approved by the Air Ministry on 26 June; an informal christening ceremony was carried out the next month when King Edward VIII paid a visit to Martlesham Heath. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

christendom Christene christener christening record Christenmas Christensen