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patrinus

patrinus [ML] , godfather. Guthrum ‥ qui et Eðelstan a lavacro baptismatis sumpserat a suo ~o, rege Ælfredo Æthelw. IV 3; primo enim manibus ~orum ad ecclesiam fuistis allati et sacerdotibus vel exorcistis ad catecizandum oblati Anselm Misc. 312; qui alterius filiolum vel ~um occiderit, erga eum et parentes mortui communiter reus sit (Leg. Hen. 79. 1) GAS 595; 1240 moneanturque ~i circa pueros instruendos in fide sponsionis sue servare promissum Conc. Syn. 298; quidam filiolus ejus condolens ~o Chr. Wallingf. 64; 1559 ~os ac matrinas (v. matrina 2b).

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