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CHRISTEN

\kɹˈɪstən], \kɹˈɪstən], \k_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_n]\

Definitions of CHRISTEN

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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To Christianize.
To use for the first time.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To Christianize.
To use for the first time.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To baptize; also, to give a Christian name to.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To baptize in the name of Christ: to give a name to.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Christening.
To baptise and name.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To name in or as in baptism; baptize.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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