fosterage
Example Sentences
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O my son, for the sake of my fosterage of thee and my service to thee, spare this young lady, for indeed she has done nothing deserving of death.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by John Payne
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
She is my sister by fosterage and this is how it came about.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
So he went before the King and said, "If thou art willing, Cormac, I would gladly have one of thy sons in fosterage."
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Stephen Reid
He has come to claim, as gossip-law allows, the fosterage of MacWilliam's son.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
