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compaternity

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com⋅pa⋅ter⋅ni⋅ty

  [kom-puh-tur-ni-tee]
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–noun
the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME compaternite < ML compaternitās, equiv. to compater godfather (see com-, pater ) + (pater)nitās paternity
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