Compaternity

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Compaternity \Com`pa*ter"ni*ty\, n. [LL. compaternitas, fr.
     compater godfather; com- + pater father.]
     The relation of a godfather to a person. [Obs.]
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           The relation of gossipred or compaternity by the canon


           law is a spiritual affinity.             --Sir J.
                                                    Davies.
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