The meaning of christen is baptize To use for the first time. How to use christen in a sentence.
He was christened when he was three months old See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. They christened the baby anna
The newspaper has christened her as the reigning queen of tennis They christened the new ball park with a win. To give a baby a name at a christian ceremony and make him or her a member of the christian… You say that you christen a person, place, or object a particular name if you choose a name for them and start calling them by that name.
To give a name to at baptism To make use of for the first time. To christen a person is to name them, especially in a church baptism ceremony Definition of christen verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
There are 12 meanings listed in oed's entry for the verb christen, three of which are labelled obsolete
