christen
verb (used with object)
to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
had christened
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past perfectof christen.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But long before fame descended on him, Paris had christened a short thoroughfare — an allée — to honor the Irish expat for his service in the resistance during World War II.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022
Headline writers had christened them "the Bonus Army," "the bonus marchers."
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2020
He had christened the site Tanis, after the ancient city in Egypt, which was featured in the 1981 film “Raiders of the Lost Ark” as the resting place of the Ark of the Covenant.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 29, 2019
Our mutual friend Long John Baldry had christened me 'Phyllis,' he had christened Elton 'Sharon,' and that's what we were to each other: Phyllis and Sharon.
From Reuters ● Oct. 10, 2012
Laurie had christened it, saying it was highly appropriate to the gentle lovers who ‘went on together like a pair of turtledoves, with first a bill and then a coo’.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
