Usually means: Named during a baptism ceremony.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. christened: Merriam-Webster
  2. christened: Collins English Dictionary
  3. christened: Vocabulary.com
  4. Christened, christened: Wordnik
  5. christened: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. christened: Wiktionary
  7. Christened, christened: Dictionary.com
  8. christened: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Christened: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Christened: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Christened: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. christened: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. christened: FreeDictionary.org
  14. christened: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. christened: Legal dictionary

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  1. christened: Encyclopedia

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  1. Christened: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See christen as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Christen)

verb:  (transitive) To perform the religious act of baptism upon; to baptize.
verb:  (transitive, by extension) To name.
verb:  (obsolete) To Christianize.
verb:  (colloquial) To use for the first time.
verb:  (informal) To douse or wet with blood, urine, tears, or other liquid.
adjective:  Obsolete form of Christian. [(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.]
noun:  Obsolete form of Christian. [A believer in Christianity.]
▸ Also see christen


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