transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkri-s ə n ]
transitive verb
( chris·tened ; chris·ten·ing ˈkris-niŋ, ˈkri-sə-niŋ)
Etymology: Middle English cristnen, from Old English cristnian, from cristen Christian, from Latin christianus
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. : baptize 1
b. : to name at baptism
2. : to name or dedicate (as a ship) by a ceremony suggestive of baptism
3. : name 1
4. : to use for the first time