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Pertaining to a sponsor.

SPONSORIAL
Pertaining to a sponsor.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
SPONSOR
1. One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety. 2. One who at the baptism of an infant professore the christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother.
SPONSORSHIP
State of being a sponsor.
RESPONSORIAL
Responsory; antiphonal. J. H. Newman.
RESPONSORY
Containing or making answer; answering. Johnson.
DESPONSORY
A written pledge of marriage. Clarendon.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach