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Christian name

noun as in baptismal name

noun as in first name

noun as in given name

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Example Sentences

Since they were sitting in the nursery, her mother allowed the christian name to pass without reproof.

My husband wanted to give me a pleasant surprise, for the name of this estate is identical with my Christian-name.

I was a foundling child, picked up somewhere or another, and I always understood my christian-name to be Gill.

I hardly like calling you by your christian name but it sounds so like a surname that perhaps it won't be so bad.

His christian name was William, and his wearing a longer sword than was usual gave him his surname.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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