- 1嬰兒洗禮、受洗命名禮(台灣教會多說「受洗」或「洗禮」;英文 christening 特別指小孩受洗並取教名那一場)
A christening is the Christian ceremony at which a child is baptised with water, officially given a name, and welcomed as a member of the church. Families often hold a party afterwards, and there may be . In many English-speaking places christening is the everyday word for a baby’s baptism; baptism is the wider church word, and it can be for adults too. Though actually, people also stretch christening a little, for the naming of a ship or a building — that is the church idea used as a picture, not a second religion. You hear the word in family talk, invitations, and church life. It is not a birthday.
組成christen(為人施洗/給教名)+ -ing(這件事、這場禮)。來自古英語 cristnung。
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
christeningnoun/ˈkɹɪs.ə.nɪŋ/
- 1
The Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name.
- 2
Any instance of someone's or something's being christened.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。