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Definition of Rechristened
1. rechristen [v] - See also: rechristen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rechristened
Literary usage of Rechristened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Boy's Adventures in the Wilds of Australia: Or, Herbert's Note-book by William Howitt (1855)
"... Every point named by Flinders had been rechristened, and there was a display
of all sorts of Gallic names ..."
2. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the by William Richard Cutter (1912)
"She was soon after purchased by Alfred Wilcox, who altered her build, and
rechristened her the "AR Tew.'' In 1869 she was destroyed by fire. ..."
3. The Life and Reminiscences of E. L. Blanchard by Edward L. Blanchard, Drinkwater Meadows (1891)
"... now rechristened the Urban Club;1 punch in honour; take chair, and late
fest:vities. 23rd.—WU and usual upset in morning; cannot write a line after. ..."
4. The Russian Rockefellers: The Saga of the Nobel Family and the Russian Oil by Robert W. Tolf (1976)
"Tsaritsyn, in a fitting trading of titles to honor the new Tsar of All the Russias,
was rechristened Stalingrad—and years later rechristened Volgograd. ..."
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