/ˈkrɪsn/
chris·ten
BrE /ˈkrɪsn/
NAmE /ˈkrɪsn/
to give a name to a baby at his or her baptism to welcome him or her into the Christian Church
~ sb + noun
The child was christened Mary.
~ sb
Did you have your children christened?
~ sb/sth (+ noun)
to give a name to sb/sth
This area has been christened ‘Britain’s last wilderness’.
They christened the boat ‘Oceania’.
~ sth
(informal)
to use sth for the first time