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Definition of Christenings
1. christening [n] - See also: christening
Lexicographical Neighbors of Christenings
Literary usage of Christenings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1899)
"218 Wadham College chapel—burials 219 S. Mary Magdalen—christenings . ... 249,
250 S. Peter's in the East—christenings 253 marriages 254 burials . ..."
2. Sumptuary Law in Nürnberg: A Study in Paternal Government by Kent Roberts Greenfield (1918)
"To understand the occasion for ordinances regarding christenings one must have
contemporary usages in mind. At the birth of a baby the mother was visited ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... Marriages, christenings, Visitations of Counties, Obite, and Funerals. In the
time of the civil confusions they lost many, which fell into the hands of ..."
4. Social Etiquette of New York by Abby Buchanan Longstreet (1886)
"christenings AND BIRTHDAYS. ONCE upon a time the naming of the heir was considered
the most important of all family celebrations until the day arrived when ..."
5. Stratford-on-Avon: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1902)
"... XXII christenings AND MARRIAGES OTHER kinds of merrymaking celebrated the
happy crises of domestic life. The christening of a child was ..."
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