christen

• kersen (dialectal)
• christian

From Middle English cristenen, cristnien, from Old English crīstnian (“to christen, baptise”), from Old English crīsten (“Christen, Christian”) +‎ -nian. Cognate with Dutch kerstenen (“to christen”), Middle Low German kristenen, kerstenen, karstenen (“to christen”), Danish kristne (“to christen”) Swedish kristna (“to christen”), Icelandic kristna (“to christen”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪsən/
• Rhymes: -ɪsən

christen (third-person singular simple present christens, present participle christening, simple past and past participle christened)

1. To perform the religious act of the baptism, to baptise.
2. (usually Christian) To name.
   • Bishop Burnet

     Christen the thing what you will.

3. (obsolete) To Christianize.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?)

4. (colloquial, usually Christian) To use for the first time.

• Nichters, Tinchers, centrish, chinrest, citherns, snitcher

• kersten (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɪs.tən/
• (some orthodox Protestants) IPA^(key): /ˈxrɪs.tən/

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• Hyphenation: chris‧ten

christen m (plural christenen, diminutive christentje n)

1. Christian

• christendemocraat
• gristen
• jodenchristen

• christendom