(คริส'เซิน) vt. ทำพิธีชำระล้าง (บาป) ให้แก่, ตั้งชื่อให้ในพิธีการชำระล้าง, ใช้เป็นครั้งแรก, See also: christener n. ดูchristen christening n. ดูchristen
n. [ AS. cristendōm; cristen a Christian + -dom. ] 1. The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
3. That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Muslim lands. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Arian doctrine which then divided Christendom. Milton [ 1913 Webster ]
A wide and still widening Christendom. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. The whole body of Christians. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia), Syn.Christianity
[めいめいしき, meimeishiki] (n) christening (ceremony) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Christen \Chris"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Christened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Christening}.] [AS. cristnian to make a Christian,
fr. cristen a Christian.]
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1. To baptize and give a Christian name to.
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2. To give a name; to denominate. "Christen the thing what
you will." --Bp. Burnet.
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3. To Christianize. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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4. To use for the first time. [Colloq.]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
christen
v 1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized"
[syn: {baptize}, {baptise}, {christen}]
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
christen /kristən/
Christian
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย