christened
洗礼を受けた
解説 Definition
christened は christen（洗礼を授ける、命名する）の過去形・過去分詞です。ここでは「洗礼を受けた」という意味で、キリスト教の儀式で正式に名前を与えられたことを表します。
The past tense and past participle of christen, meaning that someone, especially a baby, received Christian baptism and was formally given a name as part of the religious ceremony.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 christen に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞です。語末が有声音 /n/ なので -ed は /d/ と発音され、/ˈkrɪsənd/ のようになります。be christened in a church は「教会で洗礼を受ける」。単なる named より、キリスト教の正式な儀式を伴う点を覚えましょう。
Christened is the past tense and past participle of christen. Add -ed to the base form; because christen ends in the voiced sound /n/, the ending is pronounced /d/, giving a pronunciation like /ˈkrɪsənd/. Picture a baby in a church being baptized and formally named. The common passive pattern is be christened, as in “She was christened in a village church.” Although christen can also mean formally naming a ship or other object, these examples specifically concern Christian baptism, which makes it more precise than the general verb named.
例文
She was christened in a small village church.
彼女は小さな村の教会で洗礼を受けました。
The baby was christened on Sunday morning.
その赤ちゃんは日曜日の朝に洗礼を受けました。
He was christened before most of his relatives.
彼は親戚の多くが見守る前で洗礼を受けました。
christened の類義語・関連語
christened の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語crīstnianに由来し、ギリシャ語の“Khristos（油を注がれし者＝キリスト）”に接尾辞-enが付き「キリスト教信者にする」の意味です。洗礼で信仰共同体に迎える行為から転じ、後に「正式に名づける」意味へ広がりました。関連語にChristianやchristeningがあります。
Christened comes from christen plus the past-tense ending -ed. Christen developed from Old English crīstnian, meaning to make someone a Christian, and is ultimately connected with Greek Khristos, “the anointed one,” the source of Christ. Because baptism admitted a person into the Christian community and commonly included formal naming, the verb acquired the sense of giving a name. The noun christening and the adjective Christian belong to the same historical word family.
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