verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
marriage/funeral/christening etc service
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a memorial service for the disaster victims
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Derek christened his new sports car "Lightning."
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Former first lady Barbara Bush officially christened the ship.
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She was christened Jessica, but everyone calls her Jess.
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The band christened her "Mutti" after the German word for mother.
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The engine was affectionately christened "Puffing Billy".
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They christened him Patrick John.
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We christened the new mugs that same night.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Compton proposed that the quantum of light could act as if it were a particle, and he christened this the photon.
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He took refuge on Christmas Eve at a settlement he christened Bethlehem.
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His first wife christened Emily, affectionately and universally known as Pem died on Christmas Day 1988 after 53 years happy marriage.
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Renata and Carla are what we were christened.
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The third boy, Diem, was born in 1901 and christened Jean-Baptiste in the cathedral at Hue.
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The troops did not appreciate the lack of comfort on cars 10-21 and christened them cattle-trucks.
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Yet, presumably, they would want him to christen their baby?