Example Sentences

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It was christening day for Christopher George Kennedy, 15 days.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oh, that reminds me, I forgot to tell you what fun it was christening Apollo.

From Set in Silver by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

Mr. Legge's baptismal story reminds me of a friend who was christening the child of a gipsy, when the name given was "Neptin."

From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)