Christenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 cristenen, cristnien, from 古期英語 cristnian (“to christen, baptise”), from cristen (“Christen, Christian”) +‎ -nian. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kristenje (“to christen”), Dutch kerstenen (“to christen”), Middle Low German kristenen, kerstenen, karstenen (“to christen”), Danish kristne (“to christen”), Swedish kristna (“to christen”), Icelandic kristna (“to christen”). By surface analysis, Christ +‎ -en.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɹɪsən/
• 韻: -ɪsən

動詞

christen (third-person singular simple present christens, present participle christening, simple past and past participle christened)

1. (transitive) To perform the religious rite of baptism upon; to baptize.

   The new baby was christened at the village church.

   • 1651, “An Addition of Apothegmes by Severall Authors”, in George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum. Or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. […], London: […] T[homas] Maxey for T[imothy] Garthwait, […], →OCLC, page 183:

     Lewis the 9th of France, being asked by vvhat ſtile he vvould be called, ſaid, Levvis of Poyſſy. […] [S]aid he, I deſire to be called Levvis of Poyſſy, becauſe there I got the moſt glorious victory that ever I had; For there I overcame the Divell: meaning that he vvas chriſtned there.

2. (transitive, by extension) To name.

   I christen this ship the Bonny Barnacle.

   • 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth

     Christen the thing what you will.

   • 2025 June 4, Andy Rose, “Gay rights icon Harvey Milk’s legacy slighted by decision to rename Navy ship”, in CNN‎:

     The order to rename the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk – christened four years ago – is unusual but is in line with the White House mandate to reverse a number of military initiatives by Democratic presidents.

3. (obsolete) To Christianize.
   • 1657, Jeremy Taylor, Discourse of the Nature, Offices and Measures of Friendship:

     I must tell you that christianity hath new christened it

4. (colloquial) To use for the first time.

   I christened my new boots today with a walk in the snow.

   • 2024 August 19, Melissa Locker, “Foo Fighters Rock the Hell Out of Portland's New 30,000-Seat Stadium”, in Portland Mercury‎:

     Foo Fighters, the Pretenders, and Alex G christened Portland’s newest music venue Friday night, and it was a show for the ages.

5. (informal) To douse or wet with blood, urine, tears, or other liquid.
   • 1892, John Henry Brown, History of Texas; from 1685 to 1892 - Volume 1, page 127:

     Thus was De Witt's colony, like Austin's, at the mouth of the Colorado, christened in blood, and thus for the moment ended the first effort to found a settlement within its limits.

   • 2002, Sue Grafton, Q Is for Quarry:

     I christened the facilities, shrugged into my windbreaker, and met Dolan at his door.

   • 2005, Linda Sonna, Early-Start Potty Training, page viii:

     Being christened by a urinating bare-bottomed newborn is almost a rite of passage of parenthood.

   • 2010, Stefan Korn, Scott Lancaster, Eric Mooij, Being a Great Dad For Dummies, page 122:

     By the way if, as part of your fatherhood journey, you haven't been vomited on, had poo squirted on you, or been christened with pee yet, you're not trying hard enough.

   • 2012, Glory Keveme, Broken Wings, page 51:

     A daddy-long-legs lurched against the white-washed walls while Surefire christened the lime-swilled fresh bucket with a strong stream of urine.

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