| 释义 |
christened, ppl. a.|ˈkrɪs(ə)nd|
For forms see christen v.
[f. christen v. + -ed1.]
Made Christian, converted to Christianity (obs.); baptized: see the verb.
c1200Ormin 10544 Þatt flocc off crisstnedd follc. 1530Palsgr. Introd. 16 This most christened nation. 1536Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 42. §1 in Oxf. & Camb. Enactm. 11 In christoned realmes. 1564Brief Exam., *6 A halowed and christened bell. 1596Drayton Leg. Dk. Norm. (1748) 188 As well in Christned as in heathen land. 1682G. Vernon Life Heylyn 75 In almost all Nations Christened, the same Law has continued. 1728Pope Dunc. iii. 101 Till Peter's keys some christen'd Jove adorn. |