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1. (v.t.) christen
to baptize.
2. christen
to give a name to at baptism.
3. christen
to name and dedicate:
to christen a ship.
4. christen
to make use of for the first time.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME cristenen, OE cristnian, der. of cristenChristian)
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| Definition of 'Christen' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) baptize, baptise, christen
administer baptism to
"The parents had the child baptized"
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1. (verb) christen
to officially give a name in a Christian ceremony
She was christened Margaret.
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| Definition of 'Christen' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) Christen
to baptize and give a Christian name to
2. (verb) Christen
to give a name; to denominate
3. (verb) Christen
to Christianize
4. (verb) Christen
to use for the first time
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Sense: to baptize into the Christian church
The priest christened three babies today.
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 Afrikaans: christelike |
 Arabic: يعمِّد يُعَمِّد مَوْلودا |
 Bulgarian: покръствам |
 Brazilian: batizar |
 Czech: (po)křtít |
 German: taufen |
 Danish: døbe |
 Greek: βαφτίζω |
 Spanish: bautizar |
 Estonian: ristima |
 Farsi: غسل تعمید دادنو مسیحی کرد |
 Finnish: kastaa |
 French: baptiser |
 Hebrew: לְהַטבִּיל |
 Hindi: बपतिस्मा देना |
 Croatian: krstiti |
 Hungarian: (meg)keresztel |
 Indonesian: mempermandikan |
 Icelandic: skíra, ausa vatni |
 Italian: battezzare |
 Japanese: 洗礼を施す |
 Korean: 세례를 주다 |
 Lithuanian: krikštyti |
 Latvian: kristīt |
 Malay: membaptiskan |
 Dutch: dopen |
 Norwegian: døpe |
 Polish: chrzcić |
 Persian: غسل تعمید دادنو مسیحی کرد |
 Pashto: په مسيحى مراسمو دما شوم ن |
 Portuguese: baptizar |
 Romanian: a boteza |
 Russian: крестить |
 Slovak: krstiť |
 Slovenian: krstiti |
 Serbian: krstiti |
 Swedish: döpa |
 Thai: ทำพิธีล้างบาปและตั้งชื่อใ |
 Turkish: vaftiz etmek |
 Taiwanese: 為...施洗 |
 Ukrainian: хрестити |
 Urdu: بپتسمہ دینا ، عیسائی مذہب |
 Vietnamese: làm lễ rửa tội |
 Chinese: 为...施洗礼 |
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