v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Christened p. pr. & vb. n. Christening. ] [ AS. cristnian to make a Christian, fr. cristen a Christian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To baptize and give a Christian name to. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give a name; to denominate. “Christen the thing what you will.” Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To Christianize. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To use for the first time. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cristendōm; cristen a Christian + -dom. ] 1. The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Muslim lands. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Arian doctrine which then divided Christendom. Milton [ 1913 Webster ]

A wide and still widening Christendom. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The whole body of Christians. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To christen wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + christen. ] To render unchristian. [ Obs. & R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. [ Pref. un- not + christened. ] Not christened; as, an unchristened child. [ 1913 Webster ]