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CHRISTENING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Giving a Christian name at baptism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("christening" is a kind of...):

baptism (a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth)

Derivation:

christen (administer baptism to)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb christen

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