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Christianing

Christianing is the obsolete form of christening.

Meaning of christening

Noun

christening (plural christenings)

  1. The Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name.
  2. Any instance of someone's or something's being christened.

Forms of Christianing

pluralChristianings

Questions about Christianing

What is Christianing the obsolete form of?
Christianing is the obsolete form of christening.

Words near Christianing in the dictionary

  1. Christianess
  2. Christianesses
  3. Christianhood
  4. christiania
  5. christianias
  6. Christianing
  7. Christianings
  8. Christianisation
  9. Christianisations
  10. Christianise
  11. Christianised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Christianing (page history and authors); christening (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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