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godchildren

godchildren is the plural of godchild.

Meaning of godchild

Noun

godchild (plural godchildren)

  1. A child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. In some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew.
    • Mary stood as godmother for little Emily, her godchild.
    Synonyms:
    godkid

Questions about godchildren

What is godchildren the plural of?
Godchildren is the plural of godchild.

Words near godchildren in the dictionary

  1. Godbys
  2. godcast
  3. godcasting
  4. godcasts
  5. godchild
  6. godchildren
  7. godda
  8. goddam
  9. goddamit
  10. goddammed
  11. goddammit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: godchildren (page history and authors); godchild (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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