godmothern.

Brit.

/ˈɡɒdˌmʌðə/, U.S.

/ˈɡɑdˌməðər/

Forms: see god n. and mother n.¹ also late Middle English godmore.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: god n., mother n.¹

Etymology: < god n. + mother n.¹, after godfather n. and Old English godsibb (see gossip n.). Compare Old Icelandic guðmóðir , Old Swedish guþmoþir , gudhomodhri (Swedish gudmoder , gudmor ), Danish gudmoder (already in early modern Danish), all probably ultimately after Old English (see discussion at godfather n.). Compare godson n., god-daughter n., and god-bairn n.With sense 2c compare earlier godfather n. 2d.

a. A female sponsor considered in relation to her godchild; a female godparent.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > godmother

godmothereOE

gom1483

godmama1741

macomere1942

madrina1971

society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun] > person undergoing > sponsor of

godmothereOE

godfathereOE

gossip1014

spiritual parent1526

testimony1547

surety1549

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sponsor1651

susceptor1655

godparent1693

sponsorial1836

eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 309 Matrenas, godmodra.

OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 19 Oct. 234 Heo slep æt ðære godmodor huse.

a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 73 Hit wes iloked..þet mon scule childre fulhten and heore godfaderes and heore godmoderes scullen onswerie for hem.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 48 Þe zeuende [sin of lechery] is of man to his godmoder oþer to his goddoȝter.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 1694 (MED) Also shal þe womman wonde To take here godmodrys husbonde.

a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 2215 Hurre godfader & hurre godmores.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxii^v They founde y^t Mawde..was godmother vnto y^e kyng Charlys.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccx Christened & Baptised, the Godfathers beyng the Abbot & Pryor of Westmynster, & the godmother the lady Scrope.

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 105 The Arch-Bishop of St. Andrew's and Earl of Arran being his God-Fathers, and the old Queen, the King's Mother, his God-Mother.

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 16 Jan. (1948) I. 166 A girl..and was poor Stella forced to stand for godmother?

1770 A. Cooke Diary 16 Sept. in Jrnl. County Kildare Archæol. Soc. (1915–17) 8 206 Went to Mr. Ant. Weldon's to their second son Christain..Godmothers, Mrs. Moloney..and I.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. vii. 165 It was the gift of her good godmother, old Mrs. Admiral Maxwell.

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. i. iii. 17 When the question of godmother and godfather was fairly put to him.

a1878 Princess Alice in Mem. (1884) 78 Louis's mother is to be god-mother.

1950 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 24 207 Traditionally, social techniques are taught the child by the godmother.

2004 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 26/2 You don't get asked to be a godmother very often.

b. A female sponsor at confirmation. Cf. godfather n. 1b.In the Roman Catholic Church it was formerly usual to appoint a sponsor other than a baptismal godparent at confirmation; it is now common for the same person to be a sponsor at both ceremonies.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > confirmation > [noun] > candidate for > sponsor of

godfathera1464

godmothera1464

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 53 He ordeyned þat euery child, both in baptem and confirmacion, schuld haue godfadir and godmodyr.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Confirmacion f. x*^v Then shall they bee brought to the Bushop by one that shal bee his godfather or godmother, that euerye childe maye haue a wittenesse of hys confirmacion.

1621 D. Calderwood Altar of Damascus iv. 92 They must have a godfather and a godmother at confirmation, as at baptisme.

1769 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 143/1 The person to be confirmed is interrogated... One godfather or godmother is required to be present.

1846 R. Hart Eccl. Rec. (ed. 2) iv. 176 Every male candidate was to have a godfather, and every female a godmother.

1898 Era 22 Jan. 14/1 The devoted friend of her lifetime, Madame Grisi, stood by her as godmother in confirmation.

1948 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 11 Nov. 17/2 She was confirmed in St. Charles' Catholic church, with Lois standing as her godmother.

2004 S. A. De La Garza María Speaks i. ii. 36 My aunt, Josefina.., was picked to be my godmother when I was confirmed.

c. A woman who has a role similar to that of a sponsor at the consecration of a church bell, at which typically the bell is blessed and named. Cf. godfather n. 1c.

ΚΠ

1593 P. Stubbes Motiue to Good Wks. iii. 124 Friers, Nunns, and Ankresses..to contribute liberally to the making and christning of bels (and to bee god-fathers and god-mothers to them).

1679 T. Oates Witch of Endor 46 The Godfathers and Godmothers shall give the Bell such a Name as they think good.

1775 C. Parkin Ess. Topogr. Hist. Norfolk IV. 55 Bells in the Romish church were, and are baptized, and have their godfathers and godmothers.

1821 Times 23 Aug. 2/3 The Princes and Princesses..have deigned to consent to be the Godfathers and Godmothers of the parish bells in the town of Nesle.

1845 C. Dickens Chimes i. 5 They had had their Godfathers and Godmothers, these Bells.

1910 B. O'Donnell tr. F. Loliée Gilded Beauties of 2nd Empire vii. 210 The godmother of the bell would be none other than the Grand Duchess of Gerolstein herself.

1998 J. McManners Church & Society 18th-cent. France I. ii. x. 317 When the new bell was blessed—‘baptized’ in popular parlance—a ‘godfather’ and ‘godmother’ were chosen.

a. figurative and in extended use, often with reference to the naming a child by the godmother at baptism, or to her offering instruction, guidance, support, etc. Cf. godfather n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who guides

ruddereOE

guyour13..

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guidec1385

conduct1423

wisserc1440

guiderc1450

conductor1481

convoyer1488

godfather?1541

pilota1560

compeller1587

godmother1593

prefect1608

Mercurialist1635

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports > one who > female

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supportress1605

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 186 A sky-couloured Sapphire, like the heauenly deuises of the delitious Poetesse Sappho, the godmoother of that azure gemme.

1657 T. Fuller Best Name on Earth 6 How would the papists boast..beyond all measure, that Rome in a manner was the godmother of true Religion, & gave her the name of Christianity?

1768 Crit. Rev. Sept. 213 Here Mr. Pownall acts the part of godfather and godmother for the colonists.

1842 C. H. Knox Softness I. xvi. 289 May-day was presented to an admiring public, by its godfathers and godmothers, the chimney-sweeps, in their rustic attire.

1884 Clay County (Indiana) Enterprise 28 May If the Republican party is the godmother of temperance, then the Democratic party must be the godmother of drunkenness, debauchery, free whisky and moral ruin.

1924 Times 11 Apr. 9/3 What she did was to stand godmother to his book, and thus secure for it Charlotte's interest and influence.

1983 J. D. Treadway Falcon & Eagle ix. 159 Russia, the godmother of the Balkan alliance, invited the prime ministers..to St. Petersburg to discuss their differences.

2002 E. Fallaize in G. Rye & M. Worton Women's Writing in Contemp. France i. v. 89 The most enabling figure of the text may be that of Roudinesco, who acts as godmother to the writing of the text.

b. Chiefly with the and of. A woman who founds or is otherwise influential in a (specified) organization, movement, or field. Cf. godfather n. 2c.

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1910 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 22 Apr. 9/3 Mrs. Frank Fox, wife of the pastor.., was organizer of the guild, and as its godmother it is appropriate that the banquet for state officials be held..in that particular church.

1937 C. McKay Long Way from Home ix. 113 What Mary White Ovington, the godmother of the N.A.A.C.P., thought of me was more piquant to me perhaps than to herself.

1940 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 24 Aug. 264/2 As may be expected from the ‘Godmother of Child Guidance in the British Isles’, she lays particular stress on the knowledge gained from the study of children in Child Guidance clinics.

1989 Washington Post 14 July (Weekend section) 22/1 Perhaps a more important footnote..is Kaye's long collaboration with punk godmother Patti Smith.

2011 A. Wasley Age of Auden i. i. 44 The occasion..was the opening of the San Francisco Poetry Center, founded by the godmother of the San Francisco poetry scene, Ruth Witt Diamant.

c. slang (originally U.S.). A woman who runs a criminal organization; esp. a female head of a Mafia family. Also in extended use. Cf. godfather n. 2d.In quot. 1970 with humorous reference to the title of the novel The Godfather (1969), by Mario Puzo (cf. quot. 1969 at godfather n. 2d).

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1970 A. Buchwald in Washington Post 28 June c7/4 ‘The Godmother’, by Mario Whuzo, is a very exciting novel about the head of the ladies' auxiliary of Mafia Lodge Number 8.

1975 M. Daniels in Chicago Tribune 4 May v. 12/5 Unlike Mafia wives who stay in the kitchen..women have a prominent place in Latin America's illicit drug traffic, filling every role from courier to godmother of criminal organizations.

1981 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 28 Jan. 5/1 Police arrested 123 suspected Mafia members.., including a woman believed to be the ‘Godmother’ of one crime family.

2004 Vanity Fair Apr. 270/2 She was the godmother of the Fashion Mafia.

2011 C. Sismondo Amer. walks into Bar iii. xii. 218 Smugglers had one more avenue in a region that became rife with mob activity, which included a North American mafia first—a Godmother.

Derivatives

ˈgodˌmotherhood n. the fact of being a godmother.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [noun] > office of godmother

godmothership1677

godmotherhood1863

1863 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 190 But the Godmotherhood?..I don't belong to the English Church.

1915 Country Life in Amer. Aug. 19/2 The development of a summer farm home..with the immeasurable benefits of outdoor life and the godmotherhood of Nature, occurred to him as a solution.

1962 Kenyon Rev. 24 677 Havisham is no godmother, she is a veritable witch. Her sham godmotherhood is only one strand in a web of shams.

2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 31 Mar. 23 Cameron wondered if there was any way of having someone struck off from godmotherhood.

ˈgodˌmothership n. the position or fact of being a godmother.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [noun] > office of godmother

godmothership1677

godmotherhood1863

1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. x. 175 Urbanus holds it lawfull that Sons and Daughters of Godfathers and Godmothers born before or after such their Godfather or Godmothership, should marry.

1794 F. Burney Let. 8 Dec. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) III. 90 M. d'A: had mistaken, as you will gather by the above, about the Godmothership.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) v. 35 Elevated thus to the godmothership of little Paul..Miss Tox was [etc.].

1916 J. McCabe Crises in Hist. of Papacy x.217 Charles the Fair, the new King, had discovered that, when Clement V. had authorized his marriage with Blanche of Burgundy, a remote godmothership had been overlooked, and he was in the painful position of living with one to whom he was not validly married.

1992 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 Mar. 16 I ended up agreeing to undertake godmothership.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	godmother
释义	godmothern. Brit. /ˈɡɒdˌmʌðə/, U.S. /ˈɡɑdˌməðər/ Forms: see god n. and mother n.¹ also late Middle English godmore. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: god n., mother n.¹ Etymology: < god n. + mother n.¹, after godfather n. and Old English godsibb (see gossip n.). Compare Old Icelandic guðmóðir , Old Swedish guþmoþir , gudhomodhri (Swedish gudmoder , gudmor ), Danish gudmoder (already in early modern Danish), all probably ultimately after Old English (see discussion at godfather n.). Compare godson n., god-daughter n., and god-bairn n.With sense 2c compare earlier godfather n. 2d. 1. a. A female sponsor considered in relation to her godchild; a female godparent. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > godmother godmothereOE gom1483 godmama1741 macomere1942 madrina1971 society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun] > person undergoing > sponsor of godmothereOE godfathereOE gossip1014 spiritual parent1526 testimony1547 surety1549 undertaker1645 sponsor1651 susceptor1655 godparent1693 sponsorial1836 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 309 Matrenas, godmodra. OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 19 Oct. 234 Heo slep æt ðære godmodor huse. a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 73 Hit wes iloked..þet mon scule childre fulhten and heore godfaderes and heore godmoderes scullen onswerie for hem. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 48 Þe zeuende [sin of lechery] is of man to his godmoder oþer to his goddoȝter. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 1694 (MED) Also shal þe womman wonde To take here godmodrys husbonde. a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 2215 Hurre godfader & hurre godmores. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxii^v They founde y^t Mawde..was godmother vnto y^e kyng Charlys. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccx Christened & Baptised, the Godfathers beyng the Abbot & Pryor of Westmynster, & the godmother the lady Scrope. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 105 The Arch-Bishop of St. Andrew's and Earl of Arran being his God-Fathers, and the old Queen, the King's Mother, his God-Mother. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 16 Jan. (1948) I. 166 A girl..and was poor Stella forced to stand for godmother? 1770 A. Cooke Diary 16 Sept. in Jrnl. County Kildare Archæol. Soc. (1915–17) 8 206 Went to Mr. Ant. Weldon's to their second son Christain..Godmothers, Mrs. Moloney..and I. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. vii. 165 It was the gift of her good godmother, old Mrs. Admiral Maxwell. View more context for this quotation 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. i. iii. 17 When the question of godmother and godfather was fairly put to him. a1878 Princess Alice in Mem. (1884) 78 Louis's mother is to be god-mother. 1950 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 24 207 Traditionally, social techniques are taught the child by the godmother. 2004 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 26/2 You don't get asked to be a godmother very often. b. A female sponsor at confirmation. Cf. godfather n. 1b.In the Roman Catholic Church it was formerly usual to appoint a sponsor other than a baptismal godparent at confirmation; it is now common for the same person to be a sponsor at both ceremonies. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confirmation > [noun] > candidate for > sponsor of godfathera1464 godmothera1464 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 53 He ordeyned þat euery child, both in baptem and confirmacion, schuld haue godfadir and godmodyr. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Confirmacion f. x^v Then shall they bee brought to the Bushop by one that shal bee his godfather or godmother, that euerye childe maye haue a wittenesse of hys confirmacion. 1621 D. Calderwood Altar of Damascus* iv. 92 They must have a godfather and a godmother at confirmation, as at baptisme. 1769 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 143/1 The person to be confirmed is interrogated... One godfather or godmother is required to be present. 1846 R. Hart Eccl. Rec. (ed. 2) iv. 176 Every male candidate was to have a godfather, and every female a godmother. 1898 Era 22 Jan. 14/1 The devoted friend of her lifetime, Madame Grisi, stood by her as godmother in confirmation. 1948 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 11 Nov. 17/2 She was confirmed in St. Charles' Catholic church, with Lois standing as her godmother. 2004 S. A. De La Garza María Speaks i. ii. 36 My aunt, Josefina.., was picked to be my godmother when I was confirmed. c. A woman who has a role similar to that of a sponsor at the consecration of a church bell, at which typically the bell is blessed and named. Cf. godfather n. 1c. ΚΠ 1593 P. Stubbes Motiue to Good Wks. iii. 124 Friers, Nunns, and Ankresses..to contribute liberally to the making and christning of bels (and to bee god-fathers and god-mothers to them). 1679 T. Oates Witch of Endor 46 The Godfathers and Godmothers shall give the Bell such a Name as they think good. 1775 C. Parkin Ess. Topogr. Hist. Norfolk IV. 55 Bells in the Romish church were, and are baptized, and have their godfathers and godmothers. 1821 Times 23 Aug. 2/3 The Princes and Princesses..have deigned to consent to be the Godfathers and Godmothers of the parish bells in the town of Nesle. 1845 C. Dickens Chimes i. 5 They had had their Godfathers and Godmothers, these Bells. 1910 B. O'Donnell tr. F. Loliée Gilded Beauties of 2nd Empire vii. 210 The godmother of the bell would be none other than the Grand Duchess of Gerolstein herself. 1998 J. McManners Church & Society 18th-cent. France I. ii. x. 317 When the new bell was blessed—‘baptized’ in popular parlance—a ‘godfather’ and ‘godmother’ were chosen. 2. a. figurative and in extended use, often with reference to the naming a child by the godmother at baptism, or to her offering instruction, guidance, support, etc. Cf. godfather n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who guides ruddereOE guyour13.. lodesmanc1300 guya1375 guidec1385 conduct1423 wisserc1440 guiderc1450 conductor1481 convoyer1488 godfather?1541 pilota1560 compeller1587 godmother1593 prefect1608 Mercurialist1635 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports > one who > female godmother1593 supportress1605 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 186 A sky-couloured Sapphire, like the heauenly deuises of the delitious Poetesse Sappho, the godmoother of that azure gemme. 1657 T. Fuller Best Name on Earth 6 How would the papists boast..beyond all measure, that Rome in a manner was the godmother of true Religion, & gave her the name of Christianity? 1768 Crit. Rev. Sept. 213 Here Mr. Pownall acts the part of godfather and godmother for the colonists. 1842 C. H. Knox Softness I. xvi. 289 May-day was presented to an admiring public, by its godfathers and godmothers, the chimney-sweeps, in their rustic attire. 1884 Clay County (Indiana) Enterprise 28 May If the Republican party is the godmother of temperance, then the Democratic party must be the godmother of drunkenness, debauchery, free whisky and moral ruin. 1924 Times 11 Apr. 9/3 What she did was to stand godmother to his book, and thus secure for it Charlotte's interest and influence. 1983 J. D. Treadway Falcon & Eagle ix. 159 Russia, the godmother of the Balkan alliance, invited the prime ministers..to St. Petersburg to discuss their differences. 2002 E. Fallaize in G. Rye & M. Worton Women's Writing in Contemp. France i. v. 89 The most enabling figure of the text may be that of Roudinesco, who acts as godmother to the writing of the text. b. Chiefly with the and of. A woman who founds or is otherwise influential in a (specified) organization, movement, or field. Cf. godfather n. 2c. ΚΠ 1910 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 22 Apr. 9/3 Mrs. Frank Fox, wife of the pastor.., was organizer of the guild, and as its godmother it is appropriate that the banquet for state officials be held..in that particular church. 1937 C. McKay Long Way from Home ix. 113 What Mary White Ovington, the godmother of the N.A.A.C.P., thought of me was more piquant to me perhaps than to herself. 1940 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 24 Aug. 264/2 As may be expected from the ‘Godmother of Child Guidance in the British Isles’, she lays particular stress on the knowledge gained from the study of children in Child Guidance clinics. 1989 Washington Post 14 July (Weekend section) 22/1 Perhaps a more important footnote..is Kaye's long collaboration with punk godmother Patti Smith. 2011 A. Wasley Age of Auden i. i. 44 The occasion..was the opening of the San Francisco Poetry Center, founded by the godmother of the San Francisco poetry scene, Ruth Witt Diamant. c. slang (originally U.S.). A woman who runs a criminal organization; esp. a female head of a Mafia family. Also in extended use. Cf. godfather n. 2d.In quot. 1970 with humorous reference to the title of the novel The Godfather (1969), by Mario Puzo (cf. quot. 1969 at godfather n. 2d). ΚΠ 1970 A. Buchwald in Washington Post 28 June c7/4 ‘The Godmother’, by Mario Whuzo, is a very exciting novel about the head of the ladies' auxiliary of Mafia Lodge Number 8. 1975 M. Daniels in Chicago Tribune 4 May v. 12/5 Unlike Mafia wives who stay in the kitchen..women have a prominent place in Latin America's illicit drug traffic, filling every role from courier to godmother of criminal organizations. 1981 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 28 Jan. 5/1 Police arrested 123 suspected Mafia members.., including a woman believed to be the ‘Godmother’ of one crime family. 2004 Vanity Fair Apr. 270/2 She was the godmother of the Fashion Mafia. 2011 C. Sismondo Amer. walks into Bar iii. xii. 218 Smugglers had one more avenue in a region that became rife with mob activity, which included a North American mafia first—a Godmother. Derivatives ˈgodˌmotherhood n. the fact of being a godmother. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [noun] > office of godmother godmothership1677 godmotherhood1863 1863 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 190 But the Godmotherhood?..I don't belong to the English Church. 1915 Country Life in Amer. Aug. 19/2 The development of a summer farm home..with the immeasurable benefits of outdoor life and the godmotherhood of Nature, occurred to him as a solution. 1962 Kenyon Rev. 24 677 Havisham is no godmother, she is a veritable witch. Her sham godmotherhood is only one strand in a web of shams. 2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 31 Mar. 23 Cameron wondered if there was any way of having someone struck off from godmotherhood. ˈgodˌmothership n. the position or fact of being a godmother. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [noun] > office of godmother godmothership1677 godmotherhood1863 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. x. 175 Urbanus holds it lawfull that Sons and Daughters of Godfathers and Godmothers born before or after such their Godfather or Godmothership, should marry. 1794 F. Burney Let. 8 Dec. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) III. 90 M. d'A: had mistaken, as you will gather by the above, about the Godmothership. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) v. 35 Elevated thus to the godmothership of little Paul..Miss Tox was [etc.]. 1916 J. McCabe Crises in Hist. of Papacy x.217 Charles the Fair, the new King, had discovered that, when Clement V. had authorized his marriage with Blanche of Burgundy, a remote godmothership had been overlooked, and he was in the painful position of living with one to whom he was not validly married. 1992 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 Mar. 16 I ended up agreeing to undertake godmothership. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). godmotherv. Brit. /ˈɡɒdˌmʌðə/, U.S. /ˈɡɑdˌməðər/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: godmother n. Etymology: < godmother n., after mother v.¹ Compare slightly earlier godfather v. transitive. To provide with a godmother; to act as godmother to.In quot. 1658: figurative (with complement) to take under one's care or guidance (in order to become something). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > be a mother [verb (transitive)] > provide with a godmother godmother1658 1658 T. Flatman Naps upon Parnassus sig. D5 One to whom Nature ha's bequeath'd her store, And Godmother'd his tongue an Oratour. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. ix. 55 My Lord Davers, and the Earl of C——, shall be Godfathers; and it must be doubly God-mother'd too. 1864 Chambers's Jrnl. 18 June 385/2 Our children had been godfathered and godmothered in a genteel and Christian manner. 2000 S. Deutsch Women & City i. 46 Who helped whom, who godmothered whom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOEv.1658
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godmothern.

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godmotherv.