godfamily

== English == === Etymology === From god- +‎ family. === Noun === godfamily (countable and uncountable, plural godfamilies) A group of people who are closely related to one another by godparent/godchild ties (including godsiblings, godaunts, etc). 1996, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History Christopher Given-Wilson, An Illustrated History of Late Medieval England, Manchester University Press (→ISBN), page 119: Apart from family, there was godfamily, something which was taken seriously […] === Further reading ===