ˈgod-ˌchild
[f. god n. + child (see god-father).]
A person considered in relation to his or her god-parent or god-parents; a godson or god-daughter.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 210 To longe abiden vorte techen god⁓childe pater noster and credo. 1417 E.E. Wills (1882) 39 Euere god-chyld þat y haue. c 1450 Myrc 152 Godfader and godmoder þou moste preche That they here godchyldere to gode teche. 1546 J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 69 Ye haue many god children. 1791 Boswell Johnson an. 1784, His gentleness..to a young lady his god-child. 1834 Coleridge Let. 13 July in Lit. Rem. (1838) III. 420 My dear Godchild. |