godfamily

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English

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Etymology

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From god- +‎ family.

Noun

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godfamily (countable and uncountable, plural godfamilies)

  1. A group of people who are closely related to one another by godparent/godchild ties (including godsiblings, godaunts, etc).
    • 1996, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History Christopher Given-Wilson, An Illustrated History of Late Medieval England, Manchester University Press (→ISBN), page 119:
      Apart from family, there was godfamily, something which was taken seriously []
    • 2015, Michael York, Pagan Ethics: Paganism as a World Religion, Springer, →ISBN, page 372:
      First find a godparent, and learn what are the proper offerings for each Orisha, [] In essence one's godfamily functions as a support structure.
    • 2016, C. Lynn Carr, A Year in White: Cultural Newcomers to Lukumi and Santería in the United States, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 119:
      He liked being served food, as is Lukumi custom, before everyone else, and he enjoyed the company of the other iyawos in his extended godfamily.
    • 2017, J. Bernstein, Standing Room Only: Marketing Insights for Engaging Performing Arts Audiences, Springer, →ISBN, page 178:
      These were attended by 4,500 godfamilies, and the feedback was extremely positive. “We're extremely proud of our musical godparents for 'opening up' [] "

Further reading

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  • 2016, C. Lynn Carr, A Year in White: Cultural Newcomers to Lukumi and Santería in the United States, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 212:
    godfamily: Spiritual kin consisting of one's godparents and their godchildren and sometimes the godfamily of one's godparents. A person has expectations of and responsibilities to members of one's godfamily such as godparents and godsiblings (a godparent's other godchildren).