Lucy Worsley

Jane, Henry VIII's third wife, wasn't present at her son's christening, as ritual dictated she had to spend another month in bed. From her chamber she could have looked down on the christening procession below, and must have felt great pride.

Faith Salie

For weeks I ran through a mental inventory of my closet. Did I want to wear something new - to christen it and forever make it The Divorce Dress?

American Journalist

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.

American Author

Amy Klobuchar

I actually spoke at the christening of the USS Minnesota - it was a really, very cool submarine in Norfolk.

American Politician

Bear Grylls

I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.

British Explorer

Deborah Norville

I was brought up Methodist, christened as a little baby and went to church every Sunday.

Anna Benson

We want to christen every city that Kris has played in during his professional career.

American Celebrity

Jonny Bairstow

When I came into the Yorkshire academy I was christened Bluey almost immediately.

English Athlete

George Eliot

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

British Author

Sam Neill

I was christened 'Nigel.' It set me back for years.

Irish Actor

Used specifically in Christian ceremonies where a baby is given a name.

Religious Context

While often associated with baptism, 'christen' may simply mean naming without the full ceremony.

Not Just Baptism

Sometimes used figuratively to refer to naming anything considered precious.

Figurative Use

Implies a special occasion marking the first use of something significant.

New Beginnings

Often involves a social event or gathering to celebrate the first use.

Celebratory Event

Reflects the thought put into naming something with significance or function.

Naming Importance

Can show creativity or a personal touch in giving a name.

Creative Expression

 And geologists have actually christened -- well, they're debating whether to christen -- the age that we're living in -- they're debating whether to make it a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene, the age of Man. And that's because geologists of the future would kind of see a sharp shift in the strata of rock that is being laid down now.

Thomas Thwaites: How I...

 can be literary and I believe that it can actually serve a higher purpose so now we had evolved what we had started out with which was this one journey of exploration to Antarctica into something bigger you know Keith christened me the digital nomad he said you're going to go out and you're going to keep doing this

Andrew Evans: Digital...

 heard of this case and others like it and christened the illness "nostalgia." The diagnosis quickly caught on in medical circles around Europe. The English actually thought they were probably immune because of all the travel they did in the empire and so on. But soon there were cases cropping up in Britain, too.

The history of human...

 collection of animals parents squirrels and many other creatures that feeding and cleaning them was more than a full-time job but it wasn't long before Charlie as we'd christened him began to calm down slowly we managed to win his confidence and soon every time I passed

Attenborough Makes...

 three expeditions to such and capture water now christened Goldie eventually this led to the National Geographic Society awarding me a grant to further research on them the grant was enough to support a small team dedicated to not

Spotting the camel...

 life you would not believe how much of your life goes back to the Civil War let's begin with a startling and somewhat embarrassing example the North's first ironclad ship was christened USS Monitor it had no deck

James Robertson: The...

 a lavish resort was constructed and christened "The Tuxedo Club". It was at The Tuxedo Club, around the turn of the century, when a dress jacket was required for almost every occasion, that a brash young man,

Mysteries of vernacular:...

 And after the tension abated and the laughter subsided, my girls took their grandpa back into their room and showed her their new toys, and they christened her with a new name. They called her "GrandPaula."

The story of a parent's...

 is just reaching its pinnacle. He's been christened the voice of a generation, and he's churning out classic songs at a seemingly impossible rate, but there's a small minority of dissenters, and they claim

Creativity is a remix PIPE...

 will take that opportunity to christen you almost always happens that way sometimes I've got a vet my eyes me no don't don't don't

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