christening

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In “D’Christening,” Deborah and Ava travel to DJ’s son’s Christening, and Deborah immediately tries to make everything about her.

From Salon • May 16, 2025

Christening of a Navy warship marks a milestone in construction.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2021

Christening themselves Digital Underground, their 1988 debut 12-inch, “Underwater Rimes” promised a hallucinogenic underwater “hip-hop extravaganza” of pink champagne, octopus brains and aqua-blue jail cells.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2021

Clarkson will be present at the Christening Ceremony, where she’ll serve as the central figure and, according to tradition, bring the ship luck.

From Fox News • Sep. 11, 2019

"Breathe, dear Harmonist" was the poem "To the Rev. W. J. H.," and "The Child that was fed with Manna" was "On the Christening of a Friend's Child."

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)