compaternity

[ kom-puh-tur-ni-tee ]

noun
  1. the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.

Origin of compaternity

1
1400–50; late Middle English compaternite<Medieval Latin compaternitās, equivalent to compater godfather (see com-, pater) + (pater)nitāspaternity

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