fosterage

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Indeed, I repent me of what was done by me to her, for that, in any case, she is my nurse and hath over me the right of fosterage.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The terms of fosterage seem to vary in different islands. 

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

O my son, by the rights of my fosterage and by my long service to thee, I conjure thee pardon this young lady, for indeed she hath done nothing deserving such doom.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

His son Brian had, in accordance with an old Irish custom, passed his boyhood in "fosterage" at the court of Callaghan, King of Cashel, in East Munster.

From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter

A child in fosterage was reared and educated suitably for the position it was destined to fill in life.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various