- gossipred
- gos·sip·red
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gossipred
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gossipred — /gosspred/ In canon law, compaternity; spiritual affinity … Black's law dictionary
gossipred — /gosspred/ In canon law, compaternity; spiritual affinity … Black's law dictionary
gossipred — ˈgäsə̇ˌpred, prə̇d noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English gossibrede, from gossib + rede state or condition more at kindred : the relationship between a person and his sponsors : spiritual affinity : sponsorship … Useful english dictionary
Compaternity — Com pa*ter ni*ty, n. [LL. compaternitas, fr. compater godfather; com + pater father.] The relation of a godfather to a person. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The relation of gossipred or compaternity by the canon law is a spiritual affinity. Sir J. Davies … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Statutes of Kilkenny — The Statutes of Kilkenny were a series of thirty five acts passed at Kilkenny in 1366, aimed at curbing the decline of the Hiberno Norman Lordship of Ireland. Background to the StatutesSince the middle decades of the 13th century, the Hiberno… … Wikipedia
-red — a native English suffix, denoting condition, formerly used in the formation of nouns: hatred; kindred. [ME rede, OE raeden] * * * red suffix, representing OE. rǽden condition, which was freely used as a second element in combs. In ME. the full… … Useful english dictionary
gosibrede — obs. form of gossipred … Useful english dictionary
