Plural of cummer; multiple female godparents or sponsors at baptisms or religious ceremonies.
Plural form of 'cummer,' from Scottish/Northern English dialect with roots in Middle English 'commer' and Old French 'commère,' ultimately from Latin 'cum' (with) and 'mater' (mother).
In old Scottish communities, the role of cummers was so important that entire social networks formed around these relationships—they were literally the mothers 'with' the child, sharing parental responsibility in ways modern godparenting has mostly lost.
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