godaunt

English

Noun

godaunt (plural godaunts)

  1. The sister or godsister of one's godparent, or godsister of one's parent.
    • 1969, Laura Thompson, The Secret of Culture: Nine Community Studies:
      A Hopi girl, fully clothed and supported by her godaunt, undergoes a similar but less strenuous treatment. The Powamu is a ritual of exorcism […]
    • 2014, Gretchen Tenbrook, Harold G Koenig, Broken Bodies, Healing Hearts: Reflections of a Hospital Chaplain, Routledge, →ISBN, page 90:
      My godaunt—I live with her—she uses, too. My father, he already killed himself through drugs. My mother, she kicked me out and won't even let me see my son.
    • 2016, C. Lynn Carr, A Year in White: Cultural Newcomers to Lukumi and Santería in the United States, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN:
      House members may also continue ritual kinship references to include god-aunts and god-uncles, god-nieces, god-nephews and god-grandparents.
      […]
      When I was a iyawo, my god-aunt in ocha advised me about dealing with this restriction.
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