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Godchild

noun
(pl. godchildren)
1.
An infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism.





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"Godchild" Quotes from Famous Books



... Ben Jonson's children, and after the christening, being in a deep study, Jonson came to cheer him up and asked him why he was so melancholy. "No, faith, Ben," says he, "not I, but I have been considering a great while what should be the fittest gift for me to bestow upon my godchild, and I have resolv'd at last." "I pr'ythee, what?" sayes he. "I' faith, Ben, I'll e'en give him a dozen good Lattin spoons, and thou ...
— A Life of William Shakespeare - with portraits and facsimiles • Sidney Lee


Words linked to "Godchild" :   baby, infant, godson, goddaughter, babe


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