godparent
IPA: gɑpɛrʌnt
noun
- A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
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Examples of "godparent" in Sentences
- A godmother is a female godparent.
- One of the parties is the godparent of the other.
- I really have very little clue what a godparent is.
- The sponsor usually becomes the godparent of the couple's first child.
- A male godparent is a godfather, and a female godparent is a godmother.
- Today, the word godparent might not have explicitly religious overtones.
- A godparent to a child will then act as a sponsor at the child's wedding.
- Today, the word 'godparent' might not have explicitly religious overtones.
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