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Can the word ``christen''"christen" be used in an entirely non-religious context to describe the naming of something like a building?

Is it appropriate (and culturally sensitive) to use the term christenchristen in a sentence such as:

``The building was christened the Stone Center in memory of Dr. Stone, whose research made it possible.''

The building was christened the Stone Center in memory of Dr. Stone, whose research made it possible.

Some dictionaries say that christened means just to name something, while other dictionaries and web searches only bring up the sense of giving a person their Christian name.

Perhaps christening the Stone Center has the second problem that Stone is a last name, not a Christian name?

Can the word ``christen'' be used in an entirely non-religious context to describe the naming of something like a building?

Is it appropriate (and culturally sensitive) to use the term christen in a sentence such as:

``The building was christened the Stone Center in memory of Dr. Stone, whose research made it possible.''

Some dictionaries say that christened means just to name something, while other dictionaries and web searches only bring up the sense of giving a person their Christian name.

Perhaps christening the Stone Center has the second problem that Stone is a last name, not a Christian name?

Can the word "christen" be used in an entirely non-religious context to describe the naming of something like a building?

Is it appropriate (and culturally sensitive) to use the term christen in a sentence such as:

The building was christened the Stone Center in memory of Dr. Stone, whose research made it possible.

Some dictionaries say that christened means just to name something, while other dictionaries and web searches only bring up the sense of giving a person their Christian name.

Perhaps christening the Stone Center has the second problem that Stone is a last name, not a Christian name?

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Can the word ``christen'' be used in an entirely non-religious context to describe the naming of something like a building?

Is it appropriate (and culturally sensitive) to use the term christen in a sentence such as:

``The building was christened the Stone Center in memory of Dr. Stone, whose research made it possible.''

Some dictionaries say that christened means just to name something, while other dictionaries and web searches only bring up the sense of giving a person their Christian name.

Perhaps christening the Stone Center has the second problem that Stone is a last name, not a Christian name?