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17 words match “CHRISTEN”

CHRISTEN v. 4 definitions
To give a name; to denominate. "Christen the thing what you will." Bp. Burnet.
CHRISTENDOM n. 4 definitions
ed at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation. [Obs.] Pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms. Shak.
MISCHRISTEN v.
To christen wrongly.
UNCHRISTEN v.
To render unchristian. [Obs. & R.] Milton.
UNCHRISTENED a.
Not christened; as, an unchristened child.
ANABAPTIZE v.
To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename. [R.] Whitlock.
BAPTIZE v.
To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name. I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo. Shak.
CHRISOM n.
white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. [Obs.]
CHRISTIANISM n.
The Christian world; Christendom. [Obs.] Johnson
CROSS n.
rist's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom. The custom of making the sign of the cross with the hand or finger, as a means of conferring blessing or preserving from evil, is very old. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. Before the cross has waned the crescent's ray. Sir W. Sc…
EMERGENT a.
date from which any people begin to compute their time or dates; as, the emergent year of Christendom is that of the birth of Christ; the emergent year of the United States is that of the declaration of their independence. -- E*mer"gent*ly, adv. -- E*mer"gent*ness, n. [R.]
GREEK a.
ends. See under Calends. -- Greek Church (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The G…
KIRSOME a.
Christian; christened. [Obs.] I am a true kirsome woman. Beau. & Fl.
OFFERING n.
either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings. [None] to the offering before her should go. Chaucer. Burnt offering, Drink offering, etc. See under Burnt. etc.
OVERFLOW v.
her fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm. The northern nations overflowed all Christendom. Spenser.
ROUSE v.
the faculties, passions, or emotions. To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in Christendom. Atterbury.
WITHSAY v.
To contradict; to gainsay; to deny; to renounce. [Obs.] Gower. If that he his Christendom withsay. Chaucer.