Sergey Minov and Daniel L. Schwartz (eds.), "Ritual kinship relationship" in last modified March 11, 2022, http://syriaca.org/keyword/ritual-kinship-relationship
  
    
      
        Ritual kinship relationship
        
          
          
        
        http://syriaca.org/keyword/ritual-kinship-relationship
        A "qualifier relationship" indicating that a family relationship was consituted through some kind of ritual rather than through other means, i.e. godparenthood or blood-brotherhood.