godbrothern.
/ˈɡɒdˌbrʌðə/, U.S. /ˈɡɑdˌbrəðər/ A male person who has the same godparent as another; (also) a male person whose godparent is another's parent or whose parent is another's godparent.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > [noun] > with same godfather
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c1250 in Mod. Lang. Notes (1934) 49 237 (MED) Confraternitas et consororinitas, wlgo godbrother and godsuster.
1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke v. iv. f. cvi (margin) God brother and God syster.
c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. viii. 111 For which cause the Earle of Desmond remayned many yeares deputye to George Duke of Clarence his godbrother.
a1612 J. Harington Briefe View Church of Eng. (1653) 97 Thus much be said of my god-brother, and (be it said) without presumption your Highnesse god-brother, Doctor Henry Cotton.
1698 M. Henry Acct. Life P. Henry ii. 17 Dr. Henry Hammond..called him his God-Brother, the Earl of Pembroke being his Godfather also, and Prince Henry the other, who gave him his Name.
1866 Monthly Packet 1 Feb. He felt..pleased that his God-brother was touched to the quick by his arguments.
1927 Kingston (Jamaica) Gleaner 17 Sept. He was the lad's god-brother..I have heard of godfathers and godmothers, but I have never heard of a god brother before.
1971 D. Wells & S. Dance Night People xi. 143 I asked one of my godbrothers..to look out for me.
1994 T. Zeldin Intimate Hist. Humanity (1998) xxii. 392 Now that understanding others has become the great ambition, the idea of godparents, and godsisters and godbrothers, takes on a new meaning.
2005 Church Times 9 Sept. 22/5 Particularly moving in this book is his understanding of baptism..and the way in which he develops the idea of ‘god brothers’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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