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Definition of Godmothers
1. godmother [v] - See also: godmother
Lexicographical Neighbors of Godmothers
Literary usage of Godmothers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the Rev. John Wesley by John Wesley (1812)
"( ) / SERIOUS THOUGHTS CONCERNING GODFATHERS AND godmothers. ... That there is
no mention of godfathers and godmothers in Scripture; 2. ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1906)
"godmothers : Joane Barton, Margery Dimery. 17 Apr. 1593. John Tayer. ...
godmothers: Jane Walker, Joice Griffing. . 14 July 1606. ..."
3. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1892)
"One of the godmothers of another child, bap- tised in 1714, was the Madame de
Warens celebrated by JJ Rousseau (J. ..."
4. A Church Dictionary by Walter Farquhar Hook (1854)
"According to the rubric, the godfathers and godmothers, and the people with the
children, must be ready at the font, either immediately after the last ..."
5. The Works of Mary Russell Mitford: Prose and Verse by Mary Russell Mitford (1841)
"Or one of my godmothers I recollect but little. She lived at a distance, and
seldom came in my way. The little, however, that I do remember of her, ..."
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