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CHRISTENING
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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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