noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
marriage/funeral/christening etc service
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a memorial service for the disaster victims
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I would watch her getting ready for the christenings and weddings at which my father officiated.
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It was a christening that seemed to hunger for significance.
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It was a supper to celebrate the christening of their new baby.
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My five-year-old godson's grandparents brought him a small, framed drawing for his christening present.
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Shades of the christening party in Sleeping Beauty.
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That's the only time I saw you, at your christening .
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The party had been held in nearby Lidget Green to celebrate the christening of Zatun's three-week-old baby.
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The soldiers stomp on faces in photographs taken at weddings and christenings.