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baptismal name

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baptismal name
n.
See Christian name.
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Noun1.baptismal name - the first name given to Christians at birth or christening
Christian name
first name, forename, given name - the name that precedes the surname


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(as she and her school-fellows knew) was the baptismal name of Miss Jethro.
I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context
We have already mentioned the baptismal name of this ancient chief; but in his conversation with Natty, held in the language of the Delawares, he was heard uniformly to call himself Chingachgook, which, interpreted, means the “Great Snake.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
--It is certain that little Agnes, that was the child's name, a baptismal name, for it was a long time since la Chantefleurie had had any surname--it is certain that that little one was more swathed in ribbons and embroideries than a dauphiness of Dauphiny
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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