christening

How To Use christening In A Sentence

• The christening was a great occasion, with a houseful of guests, and a great deal of speechmaking. The Great Hunger
• At first the pictures appear to have been taken at a family gathering - a christening or a birthday party.
• At this point in the play, folk culture of Lenten abnegation and christening joy collides with mannered personal interaction and judgmental asperity.
• I seem to recall that 30 years ago, when christening was a rite carried out almost unquestioningly, godparents were often appointed as a matter of course or protocol, and the role meant little more than remembering birthdays.
• The rechristening is a much-needed - albeit belated Original Signal - The best of Web 2.0
• As the Cold War dawned, American Communists, who were still a formidable force, sought a rebirth by christening themselves "Progressives," a moniker usurped from the reform movement of the Teddy Roosevelt era. Obama a 'Reaganite'? It Just Might Work
• The rite was called christening, from the Greek word for anointing. CLEAR PICTURES
• Tea was served with a piece of blue and white (the new guild's colours) iced christening cake.
• Stunned by the cultural assumptions of this re-christening, Tseng became Kwong Chi in his photographs, posing with phony officialism in front of famous landmarks.
• Furthermore we assumed that my granddaughter's christening would not be one of a number. GOODBYE CURATE