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• Perhaps only her and Mrs Natwick had stuck to the christened name, they felt it suited.1974, Patrick White, Five-Twenty, Shorter Novels and Stories, Cape, published 1974, →ISBN, page 173. From the entry royal
• She was christened 'Alice', but she used to deny that she was really an Alice.1968, Kurt Vonnegut, Welcome to the Monkey House, Delacorte Press, page xiv. From the entry Alice
• We christened this “Not Quite Right”, NQR for short.2025 January 22, Nancy Hoffman, “Not Quite Right: Something is not as it should be”, in Substack. From the entry NQR
• Josh had heard of Eric and listened to all my stories of him that he christened Eric the “Snooch Wrangler”.2011, Greg Hannah, 3500 Days of Summer, page 499. From the entry snooch
• Danny had christened himself the Italian Stallion years ago in reference to his family's Italian heritage and the name had stuck.2009, Garry Lyon, Felice Arena, Specky Magee and the Battle of the Young Guns. From the entry Italian Stallion
• It seemed such a waste to deal in fantasy, in illusion and pretend, and not christen one's endeavor more suggestively.2000, Jayne Anne Phillips, Mother Kind, page 156. From the entry Julie
• Take poor Brose, who was actually christened Ambrose.1951, Rosamond Du Jardin, Class Ring, Lippincott, page 140. From the entry brose
• 'I was christened "Sonny"', the boy said with a protective formality which was clearly of some years' growth.1938, Margery Allingham, The Fashion in Shrouds, page 136. From the entry sonny
• Lillian Russell was christened Helen Louise Leonard.1907, Lewis Clinton Strang, Famous Prima Donnas, L.C.Page&Co, page 33. From the entry Lillian
• “I tell you, there is nothing but a blank!” repeated the woman whom the predictress had said, was christened “Marie.”1901, Victor Hugo, translated by Henry L[lewellyn] Williams, “Face to Face”, in Red Robe and Grey Robe; or Richelieu Defied, New York…. From the entry predictress
• When they had returned to camp, Johnny wrote to his mother that Freyberg was so pleased with the 'flea bag' that he'd christened it 'Consuelo'.2012, Tim Carroll, The Dodger. From the entry flea bag
• This scheme they have christened Land-a-Palooza.2007, Paul Carr, Graham Pond, The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life, Macmillan,, →ISBN, page 131. From the entry -a-palooza
• The blogosphere had already christened the iPhone, an allegedly revolutionary handset made by Apple, the "Jesus phone" weeks before it went on sale.2007 July 5, “Marketing the iPhone: Where would Jesus queue?”, in The Economist. From the entry Jesus phone
• Burk replied in his husky Dalek voice without looking at the King but also without any trepidation: 'I was christened Herbert Burk.'1982, Jakov Lind, Travels to the Enu: Story of a Shipwreck, page 60. From the entry Dalek voice
• Underwood to be an intense, profane little man, whose father in a fey fit of humor christened Braxton Bragg, a name Mr.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry fey
• And, further, who has not heard what someone has christened the "Oxford" mince, where every consonant is mispronounced and every vowel gets a wrong value?1928, R. M. Pope, The Education Outlook, volume 80, page 285. From the entry mince
• If you're enterprizing enough to climb one of the trees christened by usage ‘The Kipper's Tree’, which hardly needs to be translated into plainer terms.1923, M. M. Gibb, Hetherington's Affinity. From the entry kipper
• For this reason, the voice of the people, which is never mistaken, had christened him Prince Charming, and his name always clung to him.1920, “King Bizarre And Prince Charming”, in Mary L. Booth, transl., Laboulaye's Fairy Book. From the entry prince charming
• Oh, if I had only been christened Mary Jane, or Gladys, Muriel, or Beatrice, or Francesca, or Guinevere, or something quite common.1904, George Bernard Shaw, How He Lied to Her Husband. From the entry aurora
• George Koob, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, has christened this state “hyperkatifeia,” an extreme dejection or dysphoria that can occur with long-term drug use.2024, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, “An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More?”, in New York Times. From the entry hyperkatifeia
• Umberto I, who had fought at Solferino, had been christened with the name of the dynasty's founder, and changed his regnal number from IV to I.2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 429. From the entry regnal number
• But I like it when Stella calls me Genevieve, because though I'm Jenny to everyone else, always have been since I was born, I was christened Genevieve.1995, Barbara Vine, The Brimstone Wedding, Thorndike Press, published 1996, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry Genevieve
• It is the second category which I christen, for want of a better word, epitext and which will be the subject of the last two chapters.1991, Gérard Genette, “Introduction to the Paratext”, in New Literary History, volume 22, number 2, page 264. From the entry epitext
• And so their little private lists of links became a rather unlittle shared list of links which they christened (gotta call it something) “Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web.”1997, Robert Reid, Architects of the Web, page 249. From the entry unlittle
• Her name was Margaret, but since there were several other Margarets on the hall, she decided to call herself “Megs,” and then christened me “Germie” because I also studied German.1992, Andrew Garrod, Adolescent Portraits: Identity, Relationships, and Challenges, Allyn & Bacon, →ISBN. From the entry megs

Meaning of christen

1. verb To perform the religious rite of baptism upon; to baptize.
2. verb To name.
3. verb To Christianize.

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How do you use christen in a sentence?

Christen is used as a verb. For example: “The new baby was christened at the village church.”

What is a short sentence with christen?

“This scheme they have christened Land-a-Palooza.”

What does christen mean?

Christen means to perform the religious rite of baptism upon; to baptize.