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Definition of Christian name
1. Noun. The first name given to Christians at birth or christening.
Definition of Christian name
1. Noun. A first name formally given to a child at a Christian baptism. ¹
2. Noun. (context by extension) Any forename. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Christian Name
Literary usage of Christian name
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Domestic Service by Lucy Maynard Salmon (1897)
"A second mark of social inferiority is the use of the christian name in address.
It may seem a very trifling matter, yet the fact again remains that ..."
2. Sermons on Important Subjects by Samuel Davies, Albert Barnes, Thomas Gibbons (1841)
"THE SACRED IMPORT OF THE christian name. ACTS xi. 26.—The Disciples were called
... Such is the christian name; a name about seventeen hundred years old. ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"The first or christian name of a party is ... The law knows only of one Christian
name, and, where plaintiff was sued by the name of Margaret Kinney, ..."
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