| 单词 | christened | 
| 释义 | christenedadj.n. A. adj.   That has been christened (in various senses of the verb); baptized; named; †made Christian, converted to Christianity (obsolete). In later use chiefly with modifying adverb, as newly, recently, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > conversion to Christianity > 			[adjective]		 christenedOE Christianizing1650 Christianized1663 evangelized1816 society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > 			[adjective]		 > having undergone i-fullowedOE christenedOE baptizeda1610 the mind > language > naming > 			[adjective]		 > named or called ycleptc950 nominatec1450 by the name of1472 named1532 called1538 nuncupate1548 nuncupative1548 christened1564 denominate1579 styleda1625 of the name of1728 onymous1775 appellatived1828 the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > 			[adjective]		 > inaugural > dedicating or dedicated christened1564 dedicational1884 OE    Blickling Homilies 217  				Þær com sum gecristnod man to him, þæt he wolde mid his lare & mid his lifes bysene beon ontimbred. c1175    Ormulum 		(Burchfield transcript)	 l. 10544  				Þatt flocc off crisstnedd follc. a1425    Lay Folks' Mass Bk. 		(Cambr.)	 		(1904)	 l. 79 (MED)  				Grant þaim..pees þat lastys ay To cristend [a1400 Royal cristen, a1450 Corpus Oxf. cristenyd] saules passed away. 1530    J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 16  				This most christened nation. 1536    Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 42. §1 in  Enactments Parl. conc. Univ. Oxf. & Cambr. 		(1869)	 11  				In christoned realmes. 1564    Briefe Exam. , *6  				A halowed and christened bell. 1619    M. Drayton Legend Robert Dvke of Normandy in  Poems 		(new ed.)	 319  				As well in Christned, as in Heathen Land. 1682    G. Vernon Life P. Heylyn 75  				In almost all Nations Christened, the same Law has continued. 1743    A. Pope Dunciad 		(rev. ed.)	  iii. 109  				Till Peter's keys some christ'ned Jove adorn. 1842    D. Vedder Poems 225  				Far, far beyond the haly sound O' the Abbey's kirsened bell. 1938    Bomb 		(Virginia Milit. Instit.)	 189/1  				The newly christened ‘Fighting Squadron’ came from behind in the second half to win from a surprisingly strong William and Mary team. 2015    Drogheda Independent 		(Nexis)	 16 Dec. 28  				The crib [i.e. nativity scene]..will feature a host of recently christened babies, some live cattle, sheep and even a donkey.  B. n. ΚΠ OE    Aldhelm Glosses 		(Brussels 1650)	 in  L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 		(1974)	 288  				Caticumini [cadaver] : audientis, geleafhlestendes uel gecristnodes. OE    Confessionale Pseudo-Egberti 		(Junius)	 180  				Ne mot gefullad mid þæne gecristnodon etan ne hine cyssan [L. cum caticuminis manducare neque eis osculum dare], swa mycele ma swa he ne mot mid þæne hæðenan.  2.  With the and plural agreement. People who have been christened or baptized, considered collectively; Christians. ΚΠ c1450						 (?a1400)						    Sege Melayne 		(1880)	 l. 1570 (MED)  				The Cristenyde knelide down in þat place. a1500						 (?a1325)						    Otuel & Roland 		(1935)	 l. 1762 (MED)  				The cristened turnyd manlyche agayn. 1665    T. Mall Cloud of Witnesses 106  				Not among Heathens, but among the Christned. 1724    Philos. Trans. 1722–3 		(Royal Soc.)	 33 32  				Among the Christened were 8 Posthumous: 14 Twins: 63 Bastards: and 2 Jews baptized. 1891    Eccl. Rev. 26 Sept. 155/1  				It does not nearly distinguish the christened from the non-christened. 2003    J. Van Engen in  K. Mills  & A. Grafton Conversion: Old Worlds & New ii. 30  				Medieval Europe was a society comprised mainly of the christened. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < | 
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