gossipred
noun/ˈɡɒsɪpɹəd/
Etymology
From Middle English gossiprede, gossybrede, godsibrede, from Old English godsibbrǣden (“sponsorial obligations”), equivalent to gossip + -red.
- inherited from gossiprede
Definitions
Relationship by baptismal rites
Relationship by baptismal rites; spiritual affinity or parentage; sponsorship.
- The following are the principal provisions of this statute : — That intermarriages with the natives, or any connexion with them in the way of fostering or gossipred, should be considered and punished as high treason: […]
- But perhaps the most singular illustration of the tendency of kinship to extend itself artificially under the empire of primitive ideas is to be found in certain Slavonic forms of gossipred or spiritual relationship.
- Indeed gossipred became a powerful link of friendship between families; and to make its influence wider, noble or wealthy families often had for each child several sponsors of both sexes […]
Idle talk
Idle talk; gossip.
The neighborhood
- neighborsibred
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for gossipred. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA