Octoberingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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Octobering (countable and uncountable, plural Octoberings)

1. (historical) A naming ceremony in the early Soviet Union meant to serve as an irreligious and Marxist alternative to christening.
   • 1923 December 19, Walter Duranty, “Kalinin ‘Octobers’ a Communist Baby […]”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     “Octobering,” as the Bolsheviki call their new non-religious naming of children, is receiving strong official impetus. […] “Octoberings”—the word of course refers to the Bolshevist revolution of October, 1917—are already common enough in urban factories, but it remains to be seen how far they will prevail against the religious conservatism of the peasants.

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