Read full poem →wanted me to be the godfather, probably in the summer (I stood up
for Sarah Rebecca in June), and he said he would mail the contracts
Dictionary Entry
A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
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Poetry examples for “godfather”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Ireland[70], during the lieutenancy of Strafford, who, being both his
uncle and his godfather, gave him his own surname. His father, the
third earl of Roscommon, had been converted by Usher to the protestant