christeningn.

Brit.

/ˈkrɪsn̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈkrɪsnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkrɪs(ə)nɪŋ/

Forms: see christen v. and -ing suffix¹; also 1500s cowesnenge, 1800s krissnin (English regional (northern)).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: christen v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < christen v. + -ing suffix¹.The form cowesnenge reflects a form with metathesis and subsequent loss of r (compare β. forms at christen v.).

1. Conversion to or reception of Christianity; the action of becoming Christian (now historical). In early use: spec. †the instruction of a person in Christian doctrine; catechesis and anointing in preparation for baptism (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > conversion to Christianity > [noun]

christeningOE

Christianizing1650

inchristianation1654

Christianizationa1799

OE Confessionale Pseudo-Egberti (Junius) 180 In cristnunga and on ðam fulluhte an fæder mæg beon, gyf hit nydþearf bið.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 19728 Barnabas..made hem of his [sc. Saul's] cristenyng bolde.

1574 R. Bristow Briefe Treat. Plaine Wayes f. 105^v Whether that al these forsaid Nations of Christendome were not before their Christening, worshippers of Idoles.

1616 T. Harrab tr. Tessaradelphus vii. sig. Eij Euery one knoweth, howe from the christening of this people, they were still of the Catholike Religion, vntil King Henry the eight his latter dayes.

1886 C. S. Sidgwick Story of Norway v. 39 (heading) The christening of Norway.

1897 W. J. Birkbeck Let. Apr. in Life & Lett. (1922) 178 You came to Kieff in 1888 with a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury to our celebration of the Christening of Russia.

1995 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 14 June King Olav the Holy died in a battle that lead to the christening of Norway in the year 1030.

a. The action or practice of administering baptism to a person (esp. a child), or of giving a name to a person at baptism; a ceremony in which this takes place.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun]

fulloghteOE

fulghtningc1175

baptizing1297

Christendomc1300

christeningc1330

baptism1377

fullowinga1387

illumination1398

baptizea1400

to have Christenheada1450

baptiste1460

baptization1470

fountain1549

washinga1557

tincture1612

baptizement1818

baptistery1851

c1330 King of Tars (Auch.) l. 975 in Englische Studien (1889) 11 56 (MED) He teld þe king..Hou þe child ded born was..Hou god hadde sent it leme & liif In water ate cristening.

a1400 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Egerton) (1937) l. 45 (MED) Þat oon baroun son..Was ycleped childe Amys At his cristenyng.

1482 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 282 My Lady gaff to the crystenyng of mastyr Gorgis chylde at Stoke xx. s.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 9 You must be seeing Christenings? Do you looke for Ale, and Cakes heere, you rude Raskalls?

1712 Act 10 Anne in London Gaz. No. 4981/3 The Register-Books for Christnings belonging to the respective Parishes.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 336 The pomp of the christenings and burials.

1873 A. G. Murdoch Lilts on Doric Lyre 49 The kirs'nen o' the bairn.

1981 B. Friel Translations in Sel. Plays (1984) 386 I know he's at the christening; but it doesn't take them all day to put a name on a baby, does it?

2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 29 Sept. 42/5 The christening of Elle's son Aurelius Cy in Rome.

†b. The action of baptizing or initiating a person into the Christian church by spiritual agency, martyrdom, etc.; an instance of this. Also figurative: hallowing, purification, sanctification. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > kinds of baptism > Christian > [noun]

Christendomc1300

christening1340

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 107 Huanne he þengþ ine him and his passion, he ys alsuo ydept and al-suo dronke of þe preciouse blode, þet Iesu crist ssedde uor him..þet is a newe cristninge.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 12 Ac ȝet þer beþ cristnynges mo..þat on his cleped cristning of blode, Wanne suche bledeþ for criste.

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 172 It is a secunde cristeninge, with which penitence can wel make hire lye and hire bowkynge.

a1631 J. Donne XXVI Serm. (1661) i. 1 This Thief..is Baptized in his blood; there's his Christning.

3. figurative and in extended use: the action of naming or dedicating something, esp. a ship or bell; the action of sprinkling a liquid over a person or thing; the performance of a rite of initiation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > [noun]

nemningOE

namingc1300

denominationc1400

imposition1430

nominationc1450

callingc1475

nominiona1513

christening1528

nuncupation1532

Christendom1570

dedication1576

appellation1583

denominative1589

nomenclaturea1620

cognomination1623

nomenclaturing1803

name-giving1863

nominature1864

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > inauguration > naming or dedicating

baptismc1384

christening1528

1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. cv^v The Bisshopes..reserved vnto them selves the christeninge of belles.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxiv. 310 They..sprinkled it with turpentine... This infernal christening performed, they fired the pile with lighted matches.

1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church v. 79 No profane christening, no conversion of the bell into a punch bowl.

1889 Daily News 17 Apr. 3/6 After the customary service, conducted by the dockyard chaplain, the christening and floating out were performed by Miss Gorst.

1945 Los Angeles Times 30 Apr. i. 11/1 Today's main event [at the Pacific Rose Society show] was the official christening of the newly developed Peace rose.

1971 Lance (Univ. of Windsor, Ont.) 26 July 10/1 This Wednesday marks the official christening of a new bar with three kegs and two taps.

2019 Augusta (Georgia, U.S.) Chron. (Nexis) 14 Feb. p2 Moët is responsible for many iconic actions associated with Champagne, from the sabering of bottles to the christening of ships.

Phrases

like a whore at a christening and variants: used to indicate that a person is out of place in a particular situation, at an event, etc., esp. in being brash or unrefined; now chiefly Australian, in like an old moll at a christening. Also with adjectives, esp. in as demure as a whore at a christening: having an (unconvincing) appearance of respectability.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > with impropriety

unkindlyc1300

ungoodlyc1380

unhonestlyc1380

indecently1589

undecently1589

grossly1600

unproperly1604

widely1665

like a whore at a christening1706

indelicately1800

1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer iii. 36 Now I must look as sober and demure as a Whore at a Christning.

1890 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 4 Oct. 489/2 He will be a prompt attendant at the most popular church in town, where he will sit ‘as demure as a harlot at a christening’.

1959 A. Agar Footpr. in Sea ii. 36 He entered a lecture room..and, spotting an officer..whom he knew very well, said ‘Hullo, Horace, fancy seeing you here. Must feel like a whore at a christening!’

1968 G. Slatter Pagan Game 103 All this hooha about a new school, everyone talking at once like old molls at a christening.

2001 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 11 Feb. 47 For the past few weeks I have felt like an old moll at a christening. I actually don't know why the old moll should be at a christening... She would be somewhat ill at ease. This image suits my general demeanor.

Compounds

C1.

a. General use as a modifier (in sense 2a), as in christening day, christening service, etc.

ΚΠ

a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 158 (MED) And þus þe Holy Gost asynyþ ych man in his cristenyng tyme.

1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico iv. 87 On his Christening day they delivered him in tutelage to the Prince Electour Augustus.

1825 J. Butter Rev. Dr. Hawker's Let. 59 The administration of the Christening Rite.

1941 N.Y. Amsterdam Star-News 11 Oct. 10/4 Mr and Mrs William Fisher..had a special christening service for their infant daughter.

2001 Heat 17 Nov. 111/2 It's just as well that they don't have a bit in the christening ceremony where the congregation are asked if they know of any lawful impediment or just cause, etc.

b. As a modifier, designating an item of clothing or apparel worn to a christening, esp. by a child being baptized, as in christening dress, christening gown, etc.Christening garments for a child are traditionally white, and historically were often given as a gift to the child by his or her godparents.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > lay garments > items of attire > [noun] > chrismale

chrismc890

chrisomc890

cudec1440

christening blanket1755

christening dress1807

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific people > child that is christened

christening dress1807

1459 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 235 Cristenynge gyrdill barred throgh oute.

1548 R. Crowley Confut. Mishapen Aunswer sig. D.iii^v It shal not nede to reherse their dirige grotes, mariages monie, christeninge crisomes, beadrolle bribes, and suche other pillage.

1631 E. Howes Stow's Annales (new ed.) 1039/1 For Godfathers and Godmothers..to giue..christening shirts, with little bands, and cuffs, wrought, either with silke or blew threed.

1807 J. Austen Let. 7 Jan. (1995) 115 Mrs Dickson..desires her not to provide herself with a christening dress.

1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. cxxviii Several christening cloaks here... Not long ago the custom was to carry to church for baptism the baby wrapped up in some such a silken covering.

1902 ‘W. Ramal’ Songs of Childhood 91 Your baby brother dear Lies in his christening-gown.

2000 Piecework Nov. 24/2 A lace christening robe and petticoat.

c. As a modifier, designating a social gathering held to celebrate a child's christening, as in christening feast, christening party, etc.

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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feasts for other occasions

plough feast1355

king ale1472

natal1484

primifeste1551

mayor's feast1578

sheep-shearing feast1586

sheep-shearing1611

christening1617

bean-feast1805

updrinking1819

Thanksgiving dinner1830

bump supper1845

potlatch1858

stag1904

rehearsal dinner1906

society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun] > feast following

christening1617

gossipinga1627

1617 R. Middleton Heauenly Progresse 25 Marriages, Christning feasts, merchandizing, commessations, and drinkings, and all kind of feastings.

1764 Hist. Miss Charlotte Seymour I. i. 9 We may suppose the christening banquet was by this time nearly finished, without so much as a layman, or lay-woman, being intoxicated, either with liquor, vanity, or dispute.

1805 J. Austen Let. 8 Apr. (1995) 100 I expect a prodigious account of the Christening dinner.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 196 A bridal banquet, or a kirstening feast, or such like.

1950 National Advocate (Bathurst, Austral.) 11 Feb. 6/5 At the christening lunch he broke his abstinence..in a bottle of somewhat doubtful champagne.

2019 Bolton News (Nexis) 19 Feb. A very high-spirited christening party in the function room gave us a lively musical background.

d. As a modifier, designating a gift traditionally given to a child at his or her christening, as in christening cup, christening present, christening spoon, etc.A silver cup or spoon is a traditional gift given to a child at his or her baptism.

ΚΠ

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iv. (stage direct.) Two Noblemen, bearing great standing Bowles for the Christening Guifts.

1636 W. Davenant Witts i. sig. B3^v Tis gold! my Pendants, Carckanets, and Rings, My Christning Caudle-cup, and Spoones Are dissolv'd into that Lumpe.

1773 ‘P. R.’ Supposed Daughter II. 45 If she Brought him a Grandson, within the Year, his Christening Present should be no less than ten thousand Pounds.

1840 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 31 Oct. 322/2 I don't wish for nothing else but the family Bible..and the six christening spoons.

1939 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 380 I'm just about to pawn, for debts and the demon alcohol, a silver christening present to Llewelyn.

1993 S. Gracie in M. Bradbury & A. Motion New Writing 2 85 It was a very fine Georgian silver christening mug.

C2.

christening blanket n. a blanket in which a child is christened.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > lay garments > items of attire > [noun] > chrismale

chrismc890

chrisomc890

cudec1440

christening blanket1755

christening dress1807

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. xxi. 460 Brought up to the business, even from their christening blankets and swadling-cloaths.

2015 Wanderer (Mattapoisett, Ma.) 17 Sept. 6/2 She sat..crocheting a baby's christening blanket.

christening cake n. a cake served to celebrate a christening.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > cake for specific occasion > others

God's kichelc1410

christening cake1682

moon-cake1688

birthday cake1802

feast cake1845

burial-cake1864

yuan hsiao1945

1682 J. Phillips Speculum Crape-gownorum: 1st Pt. 10 He [sc. the Minister] is pining after the consolations of the next Christning Cakes.

a1839 C. L. H. Papendiek Court & Private Life Time Queen Charlotte (1887) I. viii. 199 Our second repast, christening cake, caudle cups, egg wine.

1997 C. Shaw Sc. Myths & Customs i. 26 The top layer of the parents' wedding cake was—and often still is—used as the christening cake.

christening font n. a receptacle in a church, typically a large stone basin, for the water used in baptism.

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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > font > [noun]

font-fatOE

fontOE

cold watera1387

lavacre1548

christening font?c1603

lavatory1631

?c1603 in Trans. Shropshire Archæol. Soc. (1880) 3 310 This yeare and aboute this tyme the christening font in Sainct Chades churche was take' downe.

1893 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 25 June 4/1 It is a fashion now to carry babies to the Christening font in baskets.

2008 M. Burton Dead Ringer 376 Nicole stood by the christening font holding her three-month-old daughter.

christening water n. the water used in baptism.

ΚΠ

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xii. sig. S.i Vpon whiche daies, thei ware accustomed to hallowe the christening watre, in euery Paroche.

1874 G. W. Dasent Tales from Fjeld 188 Were you gone after Christening water, that you were gone so long?

2007 Sun (Nexis) 12 Feb. Close pals and family watched Frank help pour christening water over their beloved daughter's head.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	christening
释义	christeningn. Brit. /ˈkrɪsn̩ɪŋ/, /ˈkrɪsnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkrɪs(ə)nɪŋ/ Forms: see christen v. and -ing suffix¹; also 1500s cowesnenge, 1800s krissnin (English regional (northern)). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: christen v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < christen v. + -ing suffix¹.The form cowesnenge reflects a form with metathesis and subsequent loss of r (compare β. forms at christen v.). 1. Conversion to or reception of Christianity; the action of becoming Christian (now historical). In early use: spec. †the instruction of a person in Christian doctrine; catechesis and anointing in preparation for baptism (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > conversion to Christianity > [noun] christeningOE Christianizing1650 inchristianation1654 Christianizationa1799 OE Confessionale Pseudo-Egberti (Junius) 180 In cristnunga and on ðam fulluhte an fæder mæg beon, gyf hit nydþearf bið. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 19728 Barnabas..made hem of his [sc. Saul's] cristenyng bolde. 1574 R. Bristow Briefe Treat. Plaine Wayes f. 105^v Whether that al these forsaid Nations of Christendome were not before their Christening, worshippers of Idoles. 1616 T. Harrab tr. Tessaradelphus vii. sig. Eij Euery one knoweth, howe from the christening of this people, they were still of the Catholike Religion, vntil King Henry the eight his latter dayes. 1886 C. S. Sidgwick Story of Norway v. 39 (heading) The christening of Norway. 1897 W. J. Birkbeck Let. Apr. in Life & Lett. (1922) 178 You came to Kieff in 1888 with a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury to our celebration of the Christening of Russia. 1995 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 14 June King Olav the Holy died in a battle that lead to the christening of Norway in the year 1030. 2. a. The action or practice of administering baptism to a person (esp. a child), or of giving a name to a person at baptism; a ceremony in which this takes place. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun] fulloghteOE fulghtningc1175 baptizing1297 Christendomc1300 christeningc1330 baptism1377 fullowinga1387 illumination1398 baptizea1400 to have Christenheada1450 baptiste1460 baptization1470 fountain1549 washinga1557 tincture1612 baptizement1818 baptistery1851 c1330 King of Tars (Auch.) l. 975 in Englische Studien (1889) 11 56 (MED) He teld þe king..Hou þe child ded born was..Hou god hadde sent it leme & liif In water ate cristening. a1400 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Egerton) (1937) l. 45 (MED) Þat oon baroun son..Was ycleped childe Amys At his cristenyng. 1482 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 282 My Lady gaff to the crystenyng of mastyr Gorgis chylde at Stoke xx. s. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 9 You must be seeing Christenings? Do you looke for Ale, and Cakes heere, you rude Raskalls? View more context for this quotation 1712 Act 10 Anne in London Gaz. No. 4981/3 The Register-Books for Christnings belonging to the respective Parishes. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 336 The pomp of the christenings and burials. 1873 A. G. Murdoch Lilts on Doric Lyre 49 The kirs'nen o' the bairn. 1981 B. Friel Translations in Sel. Plays (1984) 386 I know he's at the christening; but it doesn't take them all day to put a name on a baby, does it? 2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 29 Sept. 42/5 The christening of Elle's son Aurelius Cy in Rome. †b. The action of baptizing or initiating a person into the Christian church by spiritual agency, martyrdom, etc.; an instance of this. Also figurative: hallowing, purification, sanctification. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > kinds of baptism > Christian > [noun] Christendomc1300 christening1340 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 107 Huanne he þengþ ine him and his passion, he ys alsuo ydept and al-suo dronke of þe preciouse blode, þet Iesu crist ssedde uor him..þet is a newe cristninge. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 12 Ac ȝet þer beþ cristnynges mo..þat on his cleped cristning of blode, Wanne suche bledeþ for criste. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 172 It is a secunde cristeninge, with which penitence can wel make hire lye and hire bowkynge. a1631 J. Donne XXVI Serm. (1661) i. 1 This Thief..is Baptized in his blood; there's his Christning. 3. figurative and in extended use: the action of naming or dedicating something, esp. a ship or bell; the action of sprinkling a liquid over a person or thing; the performance of a rite of initiation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [noun] nemningOE namingc1300 denominationc1400 imposition1430 nominationc1450 callingc1475 nominiona1513 christening1528 nuncupation1532 Christendom1570 dedication1576 appellation1583 denominative1589 nomenclaturea1620 cognomination1623 nomenclaturing1803 name-giving1863 nominature1864 the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > inauguration > naming or dedicating baptismc1384 christening1528 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. cv^v The Bisshopes..reserved vnto them selves the christeninge of belles. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxiv. 310 They..sprinkled it with turpentine... This infernal christening performed, they fired the pile with lighted matches. 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church v. 79 No profane christening, no conversion of the bell into a punch bowl. 1889 Daily News 17 Apr. 3/6 After the customary service, conducted by the dockyard chaplain, the christening and floating out were performed by Miss Gorst. 1945 Los Angeles Times 30 Apr. i. 11/1 Today's main event [at the Pacific Rose Society show] was the official christening of the newly developed Peace rose. 1971 Lance (Univ. of Windsor, Ont.) 26 July 10/1 This Wednesday marks the official christening of a new bar with three kegs and two taps. 2019 Augusta (Georgia, U.S.) Chron. (Nexis) 14 Feb. p2 Moët is responsible for many iconic actions associated with Champagne, from the sabering of bottles to the christening of ships. Phrases like a whore at a christening and variants: used to indicate that a person is out of place in a particular situation, at an event, etc., esp. in being brash or unrefined; now chiefly Australian, in like an old moll at a christening. Also with adjectives, esp. in as demure as a whore at a christening: having an (unconvincing) appearance of respectability. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > with impropriety unkindlyc1300 ungoodlyc1380 unhonestlyc1380 indecently1589 undecently1589 grossly1600 unproperly1604 widely1665 like a whore at a christening1706 indelicately1800 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer iii. 36 Now I must look as sober and demure as a Whore at a Christning. 1890 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 4 Oct. 489/2 He will be a prompt attendant at the most popular church in town, where he will sit ‘as demure as a harlot at a christening’. 1959 A. Agar Footpr. in Sea ii. 36 He entered a lecture room..and, spotting an officer..whom he knew very well, said ‘Hullo, Horace, fancy seeing you here. Must feel like a whore at a christening!’ 1968 G. Slatter Pagan Game 103 All this hooha about a new school, everyone talking at once like old molls at a christening. 2001 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 11 Feb. 47 For the past few weeks I have felt like an old moll at a christening. I actually don't know why the old moll should be at a christening... She would be somewhat ill at ease. This image suits my general demeanor. Compounds C1. a. General use as a modifier (in sense 2a), as in christening day, christening service, etc. ΚΠ a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 158 (MED) And þus þe Holy Gost asynyþ ych man in his cristenyng tyme. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico iv. 87 On his Christening day they delivered him in tutelage to the Prince Electour Augustus. 1825 J. Butter Rev. Dr. Hawker's Let. 59 The administration of the Christening Rite. 1941 N.Y. Amsterdam Star-News 11 Oct. 10/4 Mr and Mrs William Fisher..had a special christening service for their infant daughter. 2001 Heat 17 Nov. 111/2 It's just as well that they don't have a bit in the christening ceremony where the congregation are asked if they know of any lawful impediment or just cause, etc. b. As a modifier, designating an item of clothing or apparel worn to a christening, esp. by a child being baptized, as in christening dress, christening gown, etc.Christening garments for a child are traditionally white, and historically were often given as a gift to the child by his or her godparents. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > lay garments > items of attire > [noun] > chrismale chrismc890 chrisomc890 cudec1440 christening blanket1755 christening dress1807 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific people > child that is christened christening dress1807 1459 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 235 Cristenynge gyrdill barred throgh oute. 1548 R. Crowley Confut. Mishapen Aunswer sig. D.iii^v It shal not nede to reherse their dirige grotes, mariages monie, christeninge crisomes, beadrolle bribes, and suche other pillage. 1631 E. Howes Stow's Annales (new ed.) 1039/1 For Godfathers and Godmothers..to giue..christening shirts, with little bands, and cuffs, wrought, either with silke or blew threed. 1807 J. Austen Let. 7 Jan. (1995) 115 Mrs Dickson..desires her not to provide herself with a christening dress. 1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. cxxviii Several christening cloaks here... Not long ago the custom was to carry to church for baptism the baby wrapped up in some such a silken covering. 1902 ‘W. Ramal’ Songs of Childhood 91 Your baby brother dear Lies in his christening-gown. 2000 Piecework Nov. 24/2 A lace christening robe and petticoat. c. As a modifier, designating a social gathering held to celebrate a child's christening, as in christening feast, christening party, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feasts for other occasions plough feast1355 king ale1472 natal1484 primifeste1551 mayor's feast1578 sheep-shearing feast1586 sheep-shearing1611 christening1617 bean-feast1805 updrinking1819 Thanksgiving dinner1830 bump supper1845 potlatch1858 stag1904 rehearsal dinner1906 society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun] > feast following christening1617 gossipinga1627 1617 R. Middleton Heauenly Progresse 25 Marriages, Christning feasts, merchandizing, commessations, and drinkings, and all kind of feastings. 1764 Hist. Miss Charlotte Seymour I. i. 9 We may suppose the christening banquet was by this time nearly finished, without so much as a layman, or lay-woman, being intoxicated, either with liquor, vanity, or dispute. 1805 J. Austen Let. 8 Apr. (1995) 100 I expect a prodigious account of the Christening dinner. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 196 A bridal banquet, or a kirstening feast, or such like. 1950 National Advocate (Bathurst, Austral.) 11 Feb. 6/5 At the christening lunch he broke his abstinence..in a bottle of somewhat doubtful champagne. 2019 Bolton News (Nexis) 19 Feb. A very high-spirited christening party in the function room gave us a lively musical background. d. As a modifier, designating a gift traditionally given to a child at his or her christening, as in christening cup, christening present, christening spoon, etc.A silver cup or spoon is a traditional gift given to a child at his or her baptism. ΚΠ 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iv. (stage direct.) Two Noblemen, bearing great standing Bowles for the Christening Guifts. 1636 W. Davenant Witts i. sig. B3^v Tis gold! my Pendants, Carckanets, and Rings, My Christning Caudle-cup, and Spoones Are dissolv'd into that Lumpe. 1773 ‘P. R.’ Supposed Daughter II. 45 If she Brought him a Grandson, within the Year, his Christening Present should be no less than ten thousand Pounds. 1840 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 31 Oct. 322/2 I don't wish for nothing else but the family Bible..and the six christening spoons. 1939 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 380 I'm just about to pawn, for debts and the demon alcohol, a silver christening present to Llewelyn. 1993 S. Gracie in M. Bradbury & A. Motion New Writing 2 85 It was a very fine Georgian silver christening mug. C2. christening blanket n. a blanket in which a child is christened. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > lay garments > items of attire > [noun] > chrismale chrismc890 chrisomc890 cudec1440 christening blanket1755 christening dress1807 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. xxi. 460 Brought up to the business, even from their christening blankets and swadling-cloaths. 2015 Wanderer (Mattapoisett, Ma.) 17 Sept. 6/2 She sat..crocheting a baby's christening blanket. christening cake n. a cake served to celebrate a christening. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > cake for specific occasion > others God's kichelc1410 christening cake1682 moon-cake1688 birthday cake1802 feast cake1845 burial-cake1864 yuan hsiao1945 1682 J. Phillips Speculum Crape-gownorum: 1st Pt. 10 He [sc. the Minister] is pining after the consolations of the next Christning Cakes. a1839 C. L. H. Papendiek Court & Private Life Time Queen Charlotte (1887) I. viii. 199 Our second repast, christening cake, caudle cups, egg wine. 1997 C. Shaw Sc. Myths & Customs i. 26 The top layer of the parents' wedding cake was—and often still is—used as the christening cake. christening font n. a receptacle in a church, typically a large stone basin, for the water used in baptism. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > font > [noun] font-fatOE fontOE fontOE cold watera1387 lavacre1548 christening font?c1603 lavatory1631 ?c1603 in Trans. Shropshire Archæol. Soc. (1880) 3 310 This yeare and aboute this tyme the christening font in Sainct Chades churche was take' downe. 1893 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 25 June 4/1 It is a fashion now to carry babies to the Christening font in baskets. 2008 M. Burton Dead Ringer 376 Nicole stood by the christening font holding her three-month-old daughter. christening water n. the water used in baptism. ΚΠ 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xii. sig. S.i Vpon whiche daies, thei ware accustomed to hallowe the christening watre, in euery Paroche. 1874 G. W. Dasent Tales from Fjeld 188 Were you gone after Christening water, that you were gone so long? 2007 Sun (Nexis) 12 Feb. Close pals and family watched Frank help pour christening water over their beloved daughter's head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.OE
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