christening oor Afrikaans

christening

naamwoord, werkwoord

The Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Afrikaans

doop

So the christening was perfunctory.”
Hulle doop was dus ’n blote formaliteit.”

Soortgelyke frases

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voorbeelde

Perhaps they belong to the church in which their parents had them christened.
Miskien behoort hulle aan die kerk waarin hulle ouers hulle laat doop het.

It was a girl and they christened her Rose in the Holy Cross church.
Dit was ’n meisie en hulle het haar in die Holy Cross laat doop, Rose.

At least two Italian parishes are now assigned to laymen, who cannot hold Mass and must limit themselves to imparting Communion or performing christenings in cases of emergency.
Ten minste twee Italiaanse gemeentes is nou aan leke toegewys, wat nie die mis kan opdra nie en net in noodgevalle die Kommunie kan gee of doopplegtighede kan behartig.

Parents may christen their children but rarely feel obliged to teach them Catholic doctrine.
Ouers laat hulle kinders doop, maar voel selde verplig om hulle die Katolieke geloofsleer te leer.

She was so afraid something might happen to me or my sisters that without my father’s knowledge, she took us to the church and had us christened.
Sy was so bang dat iets met my of my susters sou gebeur dat sy ons sonder my pa se medewete kerk toe geneem en laat doop het.

Although most Spaniards are christened, married, and buried by the church —and indeed view themselves as Catholics— living according to Rome’s decrees is another matter.
Hoewel die meeste Spanjaarde deur die kerk gedoop, in die huwelik bevestig en begrawe word—en hulself inderdaad as Katolieke beskou—is dit ’n ander saak om volgens Roomse verordeninge te lewe.

I was surprised to see how thirsty the bricks were which drank up all the moisture in my plaster before I had smoothed it, and how many pailfuls of water it takes to christen a new hearth.
Ek was verbaas om te sien hoe dors die stene wat gedrink het al die vog in my pleister voor ek moes reëlmatige dit, en hoeveel pailfuls van die water wat dit neem om Christen ́n nuwe herd.

That is why baptism is sometimes called a christening.
Dit is waarom doop soms in Engels ’n christening genoem word.

“They want a christening for their babies,” comments The Times, “just as they want to give or receive birthday presents, decorate their homes at Christmas . . .
“Hulle wil hê dat hulle babas gedoop moet word”, sê The Times, “net soos hulle verjaarsdaggeskenke wil gee of ontvang, hulle huise tydens Kersfees wil versier . . .

He left Tahiti on March 15, 2002, “on board his small green 25-foot [8 m] boat, christened the ‘Tehapiti,’ however, he sustained motor damage off the coast of Tahiti.”
Hy het Tahiti op 15 Maart 2002 verlaat “aan boord van sy [agt meter] lange groen boot, met die naam ‘Tehapiti’, maar ’n ent van die kus van Tahiti af het die motor onklaar geraak”.

Madrid taxi driver José Luis and his wife, Isabel, made a rare appearance at the parish church in order to get their son christened.
Madrileense taxibestuurder José Luis en sy vrou, Isabel, wat baie selde kerk toe gaan, het ’n besoek by die plaaslike kerk afgelê om hulle seuntjie te laat doop.

So the christening was perfunctory.”
Hulle doop was dus ’n blote formaliteit.”

If you belong to one of Christendom’s churches, you have probably heard a clergyman christen a baby “in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.”
As jy aan een van die Christendom se kerke behoort, het jy moontlik al gehoor hoe ’n geestelike ’n baba “in die Naam van die Vader en die Seun en die Heilige Gees” doop (Mattheüs 28:19).

I had the child christened Agnes and her Xhosa name was Thandi.
Ek het die kind Agnes laat doop en haar Xhosa-naam was Thandi.

In it man was christened Homo sapiens, meaning “man the wise,” a term that one writer said was possibly the most oafishly arrogant definition ever given to any species!
Hierin is die mens Homo sapiens gedoop, wat “mens, die wyse”, beteken, ’n term wat deur een skrywer bestempel is as moontlik die onnoselste en aanmatigendste omskrywing wat ooit van ’n spesie gegee is!

The fossil that generated all this enthusiasm was christened the “Man of Orce” —after the village in the province of Granada, Spain, where it was discovered.
Die fossiel wat al hierdie opgewondenheid veroorsaak het, is die “Man van Orce” gedoop—na aanleiding van die dorpie in die provinsie Granada, Spanje, waar dit ontdek is.

Our opposers tried to force us to go back to church, to christen our children, and to make the sign of the cross.
Ons teenstanders het ons probeer dwing om terug te gaan kerk toe, ons kinders te laat doop en die teken van die kruis te maak.

This radiation was said to be a reverberation coming from the primeval explosion that astronomers have christened the big bang.
Daar is beweer dat hierdie straling ’n natrilling is van die oerontploffing wat astronome die oerknal noem.

The king and the queen invited all the fairies to their daughter’s christening ...
Die koning en koningin het al die feetjies uitgenooi na die dogtertjie se doop ...

During that period, the church forcibly christened eight children of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Gedurende daardie tydperk het die kerk agt kinders van Jehovah se Getuies sonder toestemming gedoop.

For example, when city officials of New Orleans, Louisiana, christened its first floating casino on the Mississippi River in 1994, one clergyman offered a prayer, thanking God for “the ability to play: a virtue with which,” he said “you have blessed the city.”
Toe stadsamptenare van New Orleans, Louisiana, byvoorbeeld in 1994 sy eerste drywende casino op die Mississippi-rivier ingewy het, het een geestelike ’n gebed gedoen waarin hy God gedank het vir “die vermoë om te speel: ’n gawe waarmee U die stad geseën het”.

In that form, fate may wear a fleeting smile and be christened fortune.
In daardie vorm glimlag die noodlot miskien vlugtig, en word dit geluk genoem.

“Aggressive middle-class parishioners are abusing and assaulting vicars after losing their tempers in disputes over weddings and christenings,” reports The Sunday Telegraph of London.
“Predikante word deur aggressiewe middelklasgemeentelede wat hulle humeur verloor het, uitgeskel en aangerand in geskille oor troues en doopplegtighede”, berig The Sunday Telegraph van Londen.