Associations to the word «Christening»

Wiktionary

CHRISTENING, noun. The Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name.
CHRISTENING, noun. Any instance of someone's or something's being christened.
CHRISTENING, verb. Present participle of christen

Dictionary definition

CHRISTENING, noun. Giving a Christian name at baptism.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats