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Webster 1913 Edition
Compaternity
Comˊpa-ter′ni-ty
,Noun.
[LL.
compaternitas
, fr. compater
godfather; com-
+ pater
father.] The relation of a godfather to a person.
[Obs.]
The relation of gossipred or
compaternity
by the canon law is a spiritual affinity. Sir J. Davies.
Webster 1828 Edition
Compaternity
COMPATERNITY
,Noun.