What does christen name mean?

christen name

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

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"Mrs. Dashwood had never been so much pleased with any young women in her life, as she was with them; had given each of them a needle-book, made by some emigrant; called Lucy by her christen name; and did not know whether she should ever be able to part with them."

christen names (plural)

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