Usually means: Initiation ceremony involving baptism, naming.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word christening:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. christening: Merriam-Webster
  2. christening: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. christening: Collins English Dictionary
  4. christening: Vocabulary.com
  5. Christening, christening: Wordnik
  6. christening: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. christening: Wiktionary
  8. christening: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. christening: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. christening: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Christening, christening: Dictionary.com
  12. christening: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Christening (The Office), Christening, The Christening: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Christening: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. christening: Rhymezone
  16. Christening: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. christening: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. christening: FreeDictionary.org
  19. christening: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. christening: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. christening: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. christening: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. christening: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CHRISTENING, CHRISTENING, CHRISTENING: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Christening: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  The Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name.
▸ noun:  Any instance of someone's or something's being christened.

Similar:
baptize, baptise, baptism, confirmation name, baby dedication, ordination, chrismation, confirmation, naming, baptizement, more...

Opposite:
unceremonious, deconsecration, desecration

Types:
baptism, baptismal, christening party, christening gown, christening cake, christening present, more...

Phrases:
baptism or christening, more...

Adjectives:
royal, first, own, new, grand, formal, official, second, public, splendid, fine

Colors:
    white,     cream,     ivory,     gold,     silver, more...



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Similar:
baptize, baptise, baptism, confirmation name, baby dedication, ordination, chrismation, confirmation, naming, baptizement, more...

Opposite:
unceremonious, deconsecration, desecration

Types:
baptism, baptismal, christening party, christening gown, christening cake, christening present, more...

Phrases:
baptism or christening, more...

Adjectives:
royal, first, own, new, grand, formal, official, second, public, splendid, fine

Colors:
    white,     cream,     ivory,     gold,     silver, more...



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