Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The relation of a godfather.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The relation of a godfather to a person.

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  • noun obsolete The relationship of a godfather to a person.

Etymologies

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Latin compaternitas, from compater godfather; com- + pater father.

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