godchildren
plural ofgodchild
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godchildren
Besides the more ritual and\\or material functions, godparenthood implicitly included the acceptance of the responsibility to provide for minorgodchildren.
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I must also say that thegodchildrenhave been far too polite ever to complain about the products they have received.
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I listen to mygodchildrenand young friends at university when they talk about their work.
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I wonder how many of those godparents ever carry out their vows with regard to the teaching and looking after of theirgodchildren.
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We have a number ofgodchildren, and when the encyclopaedia salesman arrives she buys sets of encyclopaedias and sends them to thegodchildren.
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I am happy to say that the quota ofgodchildrenis now entirely filled.
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In that part of the world marriage between godparents andgodchildren, or between the families of godparents and the families of their corresponding godparents' children is forbidden.
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They are made by families and exchanged among groups of family and friends and given togodchildren.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His poorest malegodchildrenusually received help for their studies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He remained unmarried and single throughout his life, although he had twenty-sixgodchildrenwith all of whom he stayed in regular contact.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His present for the poorest of his femalegodchildrenwhen they grew up and were ready for marriage was some land to build their home on.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Brownell had severalgodchildrenand was very close to some of them.
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