godgrandmother

See also: god-grandmother

English

Noun

godgrandmother (plural godgrandmothers)

1. Alternative form of god-grandmother.
   • 1966, Ruben E. Reina, The Law of the Saints: A Pokomam Pueblo and Its Community Culture, Bobbs-Merrill Company, →LCCN, page 233:

     She was asked if this child were her godson. “No, he is the godson of my son, and I am his godgrandmother.”

   • 1986 fall, MWC Today, volume 11, number 1, page 21, column 1:

     Over the years she has maintained a close relationship with several former students. Currently, she alternates between visiting and hostessing two in Roanoke and Greenville, N.C., respectively, and is a proud godgrandmother to one’s new baby.

   • 1998, “Stephen Grossberg”, in James A. Anderson, Edward Rosenfeld, editors, Talking Nets: An Oral History of Neural Networks, Cambridge, Mass., London: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 181:

     He and his wife Fagi took me under their wing as a kind of scientific godchild. They had two daughters about my age, but no sons. Fagi is, in fact, the Godgrandmother of our daughter.

   • 2019 July 6, “[Obituaries] Danny D. Jones”, in The Herald-Palladium, page A7:

     He is survived by his loving parents, Stacy and Anthony Jones Sr.; aunts: Shenita Jones, Keesha Jones, Crystal Krause, Stephanie Hoyt and Elizabeth Casey; special cousin, Kenvon Opande; godmother, Jasmine Jones; and godgrandmother, Cornelia Davenport.