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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Kagan, incidentally, is not the first of the current justices to have christened a ship.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
Even in what economists have christened a “workers economy,” many tech and service workers are at-will employees and can be fired with little warning.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
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
She’s the name my two real cousins and I have christened the woman pictured with us, their sister who is not their sister but a simulacrum, standing in for her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2017
Java is, however, their most important colony, and Batavia they have christened the "Paris of the East," though I must acknowledge I have heard none but Dutchmen call it so.
From On the Equator by Harry De Windt
