compaternity
(kɒmpəˈtɜːnɪtɪ)
[ad. med.L. compaternitāt-em (F. compaternité), f. compater godfather (f. com- together, with + pater father): cf. paternity.]
The relationship which exists between godfathers (or godparents) mutually, or between them and the actual parents of a child.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 357 By the bonde of compaternite and of consecrate fraternite. 1612 Davies Why Ireland, etc. (1747) 181 Gossipred or Compaternitie..by the canon law it be a spiritual affinity, etc. 1832 S. R. Maitland Facts & Doc. 411 They disregard compaternity. |