Guideparent

Quick meaning: Guideparent is a noun meaning A person who, at a child's naming ceremony, agrees to help raise the child (especially in a non-religious setting).

Meaning

A person who, at a child's naming ceremony, agrees to help raise the child (especially in a non-religious setting).

Example Sentences

The guideparents were very nervous during the naming ceremony.

Becoming a guideparent gives the person a special role in the baby’s life.

Our experience is that almost all humanist naming ceremonies have guideparents involved.

There’s a section where the guideparents and parents make their pledges to the child, usually promising to be there unconditionally and to support them always.

Word Forms

• guideparents

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include co-parent, parent, birthparent, guardian, parental, grandparent.

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