Christenings [noun]
Definition of Christenings:
church rite; initiation
Opposite/Antonyms of Christenings:
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Sentence/Example of Christenings:
At christenings folk will even smuggle in a reel or two, if 'tis no further on than the first or second chiel.
"Mr. Carlyle does not like christenings made into festivals," Lady Isabel dreamily observed, her thoughts buried in the past.
His infant would be baptized eight days old—one of the longest deferred christenings of the year.
That reminds me, you mentioned christenings I think, Dr. Chasuble?
Etiquette, touching the important ceremonies of buryings and christenings, is much more observed in the country than in towns.
It is the voice of rejoicing at festivals, at christenings, at marriages, and of mourning at the departure of the soul.
He says: I shall begin with the year 1593, being the first year in which any account of the christenings and burials was kept.
Christenings, birthdays, house-warmings—anything served as an excuse for a celebration among these Northern Neckers!
I did not find, in the book you gave me, that it was wrong to marry young women who assisted at christenings.
Mingled with these had been accounts of dances, weddings and christenings and of curious funeral rites.