christen
verb (used with object)
to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
have christened
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present perfectof christen.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have christened their 21-month-old daughter, Lilibet Diana, at their home in Montecito, Calif., a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirmed Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
Kagan, incidentally, is not the first of the current justices to have christened a ship.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
Some have christened the practice the “hand of God,” and it is now the searing image of a nation roiled by a medical emergency with no end in sight.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 17, 2021
Hamilton’s farmhouse, the Grange, figures prominently in the Mile 10 section, exploring a part of town that modern real-estate developers have christened Hamilton Heights.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2018
In fact, he was not for calling the waterway a canal at all; he would have christened it "the Straits of Panama."
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by J. Saxon Mills
