0 to give a baby a name at a Christian ceremony and make him or her a member of the Christian Church:
She's being christened in June.
[ + noun ] She was christened Maria.
We christened him "Slowcoach" because he took so long to do anything.
1 to use something for the first time:
2 to call a person, esp. a baby, a Christian through the ceremony of baptism and by naming the person:
We christened the first week of the survey ' the blitz ', during which we stormed through the sites obtaining preliminary information on the status of all the cases in the sample.
I have christened this scheme "life-link"or"life-line" if, for no other reason than that one must have a name for it.
I was christened in those days "the baby elephant", the one who had a lot of guts and go but not much skill!
As a matter of fact, the cradle and christening robe are bought for the first child, and generally used for all subsequent children.
I was not a little pleased to see the form of words by which the assembly is now being christened.
We have come now, however, to the christening stage; we have to give the scheme a name.
She celebrated by christening it with red ribbon—note that it was red and not blue.
They have been a wedding, a christening or a meeting of friends—a celebration.
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