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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHRISTINGLE

From Christmas + ingle.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHRISTINGLE

Christingle  [ˌkrɪsˈtɪŋɡəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHRISTINGLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Christingle is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHRISTINGLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Christingle

Christingle

A Christingle is a symbolic object, related to the pomander, used in the advent services of many Christian denominations. A Christingle consists of: ▪ an orange representing the world; ▪ a red ribbon around it representing the blood of Christ; ▪ dried fruits skewered on cocktail sticks pushed into the orange, representing the fruits of the earth and the four seasons; and ▪ a lit candle pushed into the centre of the orange, representing Jesus Christ as the light of the world. The base of the candle is commonly wrapped in tinfoil. This is purely functional. The word "Christingle" comes from the German Christkindl, and Christingle is originally a German custom and has its origins in the Moravian Church, although the representation of the four seasons was a later addition. At Christmas 1747 in Germany, Bishop Johannes de Watteville in Marienborn thought about how he could explain the love of the Jesus the Christ child and what Christmas really means to the children in the church. He decided to make a simple symbol to express the message of Christmas in a fresh and lively way.

Definition of Christingle in the English dictionary

The definition of Christingle in the dictionary is a Christian service for children held shortly before Christmas, in which each child is given a decorated fruit with a lighted candle in it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHRISTINGLE


atingle
əˈtɪŋɡəl
bemingle
bɪˈmɪŋɡəl
bingle
ˈbɪŋɡəl
cassingle
kəˈsɪŋɡəl
commingle
kɒˈmɪŋɡəl
cringle
ˈkrɪŋɡəl
dingle
ˈdɪŋɡəl
ingle
ˈɪŋɡəl
intermingle
ˌɪntəˈmɪŋɡəl
jingle
ˈdʒɪŋɡəl
lingel
ˈlɪŋɡəl
mingle
ˈmɪŋɡəl
pingle
ˈpɪŋɡəl
shingle
ˈʃɪŋɡəl
single
ˈsɪŋɡəl
surcingle
ˈsɜːˌsɪŋɡəl
swingle
ˈswɪŋɡəl
tingle
ˈtɪŋɡəl
tringle
ˈtrɪŋɡəl
unmingle
ʌnˈmɪŋɡəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHRISTINGLE

Christian Era
Christian IV
Christian name
Christian Science
Christian Scientist
Christian X
Christiania
Christianisation
Christianise
Christianiser
Christianity
Christianization
Christianize
Christianizer
Christianly
Christiansand
Christie
Christina
Christine de Pisan
Christlike

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHRISTINGLE

angle
bangle
board-and-shingle
dangle
debut single
dongle
hit single
immingle
jungle
kingle
Kriss Kringle
love triangle
maxi single
rectangle
right angle
right-angled triangle
swinging single
tangle
the Golden Triangle
triangle

Synonyms and antonyms of Christingle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Christingle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHRISTINGLE

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The translations of Christingle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Christingle» in English.

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Christingle
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Christingle
570 millions of speakers

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510 millions of speakers

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Christingle
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Christingle
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Christingle
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Christingle
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Translator English - Bengali

Christingle
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Christingle
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Christingle
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Translator English - German

Christingle
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Translator English - Japanese

Christingle
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Translator English - Korean

Christingle
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Translator English - Javanese

Christingle
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Christingle
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Translator English - Tamil

Christingle
75 millions of speakers

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क्रिस्टिंगले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Christingle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Christingle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

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50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Christingle
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Translator English - Romanian

Christingle
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Christingle
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Translator English - Afrikaans

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Translator English - Swedish

Christingle
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Translator English - Norwegian

Christingle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Christingle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHRISTINGLE»

The term «Christingle» is normally little used and occupies the 126.747 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHRISTINGLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Christingle» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Christingle» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Christingle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHRISTINGLE»

Discover the use of Christingle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Christingle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Christian Belief and Practice: The Roman Catholic Tradition
Several customs during Advent and Christmas are designed to help children understand the meaning of the birth of Christ. One of them is the Christingle. A Christingle is an orange with a red ribbon around it. A small candle is set in the top.
Gordon Geddes, Jane Griffiths, 2002
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A Homemade Christmas
What do you know about the Christingle? Christingle means 'Christ-Light'. The Christingle celebrates the light of Christ and puts Christ back into Christmas. The first Christingle service was in Germany around 1747. The service encouraged ...
Frugal Housewife
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The Liturgy of the Word with Children: A Complete Three-year ...
The light we received at baptism continues to burn brightly if we allow it to do so. The symbolism of the Christmas Christingle reminds us of God's immeasurable love for the world (at this point the celebrant can actually begin to assemble a ...
Katie Thompson, 2008
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An Aussie Christmas: Ages 8-11
Light a Christingle! — page 61 Indicators: • Follows steps to create a Christingle. • Draws and labels a design for an Australian Christingle. Background information: Aussie Christmas music — 1 1. Find the words listed. • Christingle means ...
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RE - Festivals A - Teacher Book + FREE Student Book (Mainstream)
What is a Christingle Service? Photo Book reference: Page 4 Read the traditional story about how the idea of a Christingle service started. Christian tradition says that the Christingle started in 1747 in a castle in Germany on Christmas Eve.
Eileen Osborne, 2005
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New SCM Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship
THOMAS F. BEST Christingle In British and Irish *Moravian churches a lighted Christingle is given to children in the Christingle service held on the Sunday before *Christmas, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. The Christingle is an orange with ...
Paul F. Bradshaw, 2013
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Christianity
Several customs during Advent and Christmas are designed to help children understand the meaning of the birth of Christ. One of them is the Christingle. A Christingle is an orange with a red ribbon around it. A small candle is set in the top.
Gordon Geddes, Jane Griffiths, 2001
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Times and Seasons
Of all writers on this subject I am the least qualified, as I have never in my life organized a Christingle service (and neither, by the way, have I ever been to Taize). Christingle services are an amazing phenomenon. They can fill cathedrals at the ...
Richard Giles
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Multi-Faith Activity Assemblies: 90+ Ideas for Primary Schools
Christingle. Service. 5-11. Assembly Christianity It is usually a good idea to alternate a mammoth Christmas production with a 'quiet' event. In this way teachers and children do not try to out-do each other each year and the Christmas event ...
Elizabeth Peirce, 2003
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Creative Ideas for Sacramental Worship with Children
CHRISTINGLE The Christingle Service appears on church calendars any time from Advent Sunday through to the Presentation. Our particular tradition has been to hold it on Christmas Eve, and as it takes place around the time of the first  ...
Simon Rundell, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHRISTINGLE»

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Double award win for Cromer Church
The regular and special services cater for all ages and are often to a full Church, with special events like Passion for Life, Christingle, Cromer ... «Network Norwich, Jul 15»
2
Christingle celebration lights up winter
Pupils from Whitesheet Church of England Primary Academy marked Christingle with a special service where they sang Sing Christingle and ... «Western Gazette, Jan 15»
3
High Ham Primary School holds Christingle service
CHRISTINGLE SERVICE: Pupils from High Ham Primary School present their finished Christingles. The pupils were helped by, from left, ... «Western Gazette, Jan 15»
4
Christingle service at Peterborough Cathedral - in pictures
During the service children received a lighted Christingle – an orange to represent the world with a candle representing Jesus as the light of the ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Dec 14»
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Dundee Today: Christingle Service at St Paul's and rocking music at …
Santa is on his way and there are only a few more hours until those presents can be unwrapped and the turkey can be stuffed. And to get you ... «STV Dundee, Dec 14»
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Christmas services in mid-Somerset from Tuesday, December 23 to …
Axbridge, St John the Baptist: 4pm, Christingle Service; 11.30pm, Midnight ... Compton Dundon, St Andrews: 4.30pm, Crib and Christingle; ... «Wells Journal, Dec 14»
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Church lights candles for Christingle
Church members managed to raise more than £200 for charity as they lit the candles at a Christingle service. Revd Tim Seago and the children ... «Times Series, Dec 14»
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Church congregations celebrating Christmas
Hinckley Holy Trinity, children's Christingle services 3pm and 5pm, midnight communion 11pm. Hinckley St Peter's Catholic Church, toddlers ... «Hinckley Times, Dec 14»
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Christmas church services: Your guide to what's on in Tameside and …
Albion United Reformed Church, Stamford Street West, Ashton: Christingle service, Christmas Eve, 4pm; Candlelight carol service, Christmas ... «Manchester Evening News, Dec 14»
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Christingle: The Christmas tradition that only got going in the 1960s
But it wasn't made popular in the UK until 1968 when John Pensom, described in his Church Times obituary as "Mr Christingle", used it as a ... «BBC News, Dec 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Christingle [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/christingle>. Apr 2024 ».
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