See also:

• GOSSIP (from the O.E. godsibb, i.e. God, and sib, akin, standing in relation to)

GOSSIP (from the O.E. godsibb, i.e. See also:

• GOD

God, and sib, akin, See also:

• STANDING

standing in relation to)  , originally a See also:

• GOD

god-See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent, i.e. one who by taking a See also:

• SPONSOR (from Lat. spondere, to promise)

sponsor's vows at a See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism stands in a spiritual relationship to the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child baptized . The See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• MODERN

modern meaning is of See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• PERSONAL

personal or social conversation, or, with an invidious sense, of idle See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale-bearing . "See also:

• GOSSIP (from the O.E. godsibb, i.e. God, and sib, akin, standing in relation to)

Gossip" was See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early used with the sense of a friend or acquaintance, either of .the parent of the child` baptized or of the other god-parents, and thus came to be used, with little reference to the position of sponsor, for See also:

• WOMEN

women See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends of the See also:

• MOTHER

mother See also:

• PRESENT

present at a See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth; the transition of meaning to an idle chatterer or talker for talking's See also:

• SAKE

sake is easy . The application to the idle talk of such persons does not appear to be an early one .