fosterage
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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
I was always a dependent thing, wanting fosterage and support.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
The terms of fosterage seem to vary in different islands.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828 by Various
The terms of fosterage seem to vary in different islands.
From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson
When Mardas saw Gharib his reason fled, and he said to him, "O my son, I am under thy protection: so deliver me in right of my fosterage of thee!"
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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