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Christian name

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Christian name
n.
1. A name given at baptism. Also called baptismal name.
2. A name that precedes a person's family name, especially the first name.

Christian name
n
a personal name formally given to Christians at christening. The term is loosely used to mean any person's first name as distinct from his or her surname Also called first name forename given name
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Noun1.Christian name - the first name given to Christians at birth or christening
first name, forename, given name - the name that precedes the surname
Translations
Christian name nnome m (di battesimo)
Christian name nnome m (di battesimo)

Christian name اسم مسيحى křestní jméno fornavn Vorname μικρό όνομα nombre de pila etunimi prénom kršteno ime nome di battesimo 洗礼名 세례명 voornaam fornavn imię (nadane na chrzcie) nome de baptismo, nome de batismo имя (данное при крещении) förnamn ชื่อที่ตั้งในพิธีชำระบาป ön adı tên thánh


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When this interchange of Christian name was effected, Madame Defarge, picking her teeth with her toothpick, coughed another grain of cough, and raised her eyebrows by the breadth of another line.
They called each other by their Christian name, were always arm in arm when they walked, pinned up each other's train for the dance, and were not to be divided in the set; and if a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyments, they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt, and shut themselves up, to read novels together.
It was not long before the old man accepted him to full relationship by calling him by his Christian name.
 
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