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Kum (other)
Kum may refer to: * Kum, a Slavic form of a godfather or a groomsman, similar to a blood brother * Kum., an abbreviation of the Indian honorific ''Kumari'', used for unmarried women * Kum (mountain), a mountain in Slovenia * Kum, Cantonese form of Qin (surname) (琴) and Jin (Chinese surname) (金) * Guqin (a.k.a. Kum or Qin), a Cantonese musical instrument (琴) * ''Kum-Kum'', an anime * Qom, a city in Iran * Qom Province, Iran, whose seat is Qom * Kum, Mazandaran, Iran * Kum, West Azerbaijan, Iran * Qum, Azerbaijan * Christian Kum, Dutch footballer * Kumkum (actress) (a.k.a. Kum Kum), Bollywood actress of 1950s–1970s * Geum River (a.k.a. Kum), a river in South Korea * Kumyk language Kumyk (къумукъ тил,L. S. Levitskaya, "Kumyk language", in ''Languages of the world. Turkic languages'' (1997). (in Russian) qumuq til, قموق تيل) is a Turkic language spoken by about 426,212 people, mainly by the Kumyks, in the D ... (ISO code kum), a Turkic language spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godparent
In infant baptism and denominations of Christianity, a godparent (also known as a sponsor, or '' gossiprede'') is someone who bears witness to a child's christening and later is willing to help in their catechesis, as well as their lifelong spiritual formation. In the past, in some countries, the role carried some legal obligations as well as religious responsibilities. In both religious and civil views, a godparent tends to be an individual chosen by the parents to take an interest in the child's upbringing and personal development, to offer mentorship or claim legal guardianship of the child if anything should happen to the parents. A male godparent is a godfather, and a female godparent is a godmother. The child is a godchild (i.e. godson for boys and goddaughter for girls). Christianity Origins and history As early as the 2nd century AD, infant baptism had begun to gain acceptance among Catholic Christians for the spiritual purification and social initiation of infa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
