Godparents is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Godparents meaning
plural of godparent
Using Godparents
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of godparent
- In the example corpus, godparents often appears in combinations such as: godparents and, as godparents, the godparents.
Context around Godparents
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Godparents
- In this selection, "godparents" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, different, five, parents, princess, grandparents and present stand out and add context to how "godparents" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about what godparents are and and ballpark s godparents. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "godparents" sits close to words such as abra, accies and accommodative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with godparents
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Unless they are blood relations, Godparents or close family friends. (10 words)
Baptisms can still be held, but only with parents and godparents present. (12 words)
Let’s talk a little about what godparents are and aren’t, then discuss your options. (16 words)
At the baptism in November 1717, her husband fell out with his father over the choice of godparents, leading to the couple's placement under house arrest at St. James's Palace prior to their banishment from court. (38 words)
Their other celebrity pals included Ernest Hemingway - who served as the best man at their wedding - and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, who were godparents to their kids. (29 words)
Adam and I were really fortunate to have had an amazing support structure with our godparents, executive, and other school’s captains to keep us sane through the process. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
In fact, Prince George has seven different godparents, Princess Charlotte has five godparents, and Prince Louis has six different godparents.
He has been granted several godparents, including Oliver Baker, Emilia Jardine-Paterson, Earl Grovesnor, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, Julia Samuel, William van Cutsem, and Zara Tindall.
He's also the grandson of Greece's late King Constantine II, who was a cousin of's five godparents.
Recently, the Vatican made clear that transgender people can be baptized, serve as godparents and be witnesses at church weddings.
God bless all of our parents,godparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, priests, nuns, and guardians for we need all the love and support for all of God’s children.
If the new breed of outdoor magazines had a family tree, The Surfer’s Journal might be the parents, maybe the godparents.
Mrs Jardine-Paterson, who is one of Prince George's seven godparents, has become a fixture in royal circles.
Their other celebrity pals included Ernest Hemingway - who served as the best man at their wedding - and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, who were godparents to their kids.
Baptisms can still be held, but only with parents and godparents present.
Baptisms should be limited to the candidate, their parents, guardians or carers, plus the godparents and minister, the church said.
Let’s talk a little about what godparents are and aren’t, then discuss your options.
Unless they are blood relations, Godparents or close family friends.
Adam and I were really fortunate to have had an amazing support structure with our godparents, executive, and other school’s captains to keep us sane through the process.
From there, the seemingly phony tipster says Shelton’s “The Voice” co-stars Adam Levine and Kelly Clarkson have been named “godparents” of his unborn child.
The godparents did attend the christening, but Meghan and Harry refused to let photographers attend the ceremony.
The term family includes parents, spouses, children, the children’s spouses, siblings, siblings’ children and spouses, in-laws, godparents and godchildren.
As the one hired to help relocate 30 businesses in the 1990s to make way for Safeco Field, he is one of that ballpark’s godparents.
After clearing out an abandoned mine, the player finds a scrap of parchment that reveals the death of the player's godparents was ordered by an unknown enemy.
Although it is not required, many parents and godparents choose to dress the baby in a white gown called a christening gown for the baptism ceremony.
At the baptism in November 1717, her husband fell out with his father over the choice of godparents, leading to the couple's placement under house arrest at St. James's Palace prior to their banishment from court.
Common combinations with godparents
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- godparents and 4×
- as godparents 4×
- the godparents 3×
- and godparents 3×
- different godparents 2×
- five godparents 2×
- of godparents 2×
- godparents were 2×