godaunt

plural godaunts

1. The sister or godsister of one's godparent, or godsister of one's parent.

   A Hopi girl, fully clothed and supported by her godaunt, undergoes a similar but less strenuous treatment. The Powamu is a ritual of exorcism […]

   1969, Laura Thompson, The Secret of Culture: Nine Community Studies

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   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.

   2014, Gretchen Tenbrook, Harold G Koenig, Broken Bodies, Healing Hearts: Reflections of a Hospital Chaplain, Routledge, →ISBN, page 90

   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.

   2016, C. Lynn Carr, A Year in White: Cultural Newcomers to Lukumi and Santería in the United States, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN