单词 | sponsorial |
释义 | sponsorialn.adj. A. n. A baptismal sponsor or name-father. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun] > person undergoing > sponsor of godmothereOE godfathereOE gossip1014 spiritual parent1526 testimony1547 surety1549 undertaker1645 sponsor1651 susceptor1655 godparent1693 sponsorial1836 1836 F. Marryat Pirate vii You will now on the coast meet with a Blucher, a Wellington, a Nelson, &c., who will wring swabs..without feeling that it is discreditable to sponsorials so grand. B. adj. Of or pertaining to a sponsor. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [adjective] > sponsor sponsorial1847 1847 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1853 Christian Remembrancer No. 79. 62 The clause just quoted of the sponsorial exhortation. 1862 Wilberforce in M. Hopkins Hawaii Pref. She..sends out sponsorial gifts befitting England's Queen. 1897 Daily News 12 May 4/4 He would rather regard the former in their sponsorial function. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1836 |
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