Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun christening

1 sense of christening

Sense 1
christening -- (giving a Christian name at baptism)
       => baptism -- (a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb christen

1 sense of christen

Sense 1
baptize, baptise, christen -- (administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized")
       => name, call -- (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader")