fosterage
Example Sentences
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Connected apparently with the tribal sentiment were the strange customs of fosterage and gossipred.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Goldwin Smith
Rejoined Aslan, "O Commander of the Faithful, he is no father of mine, save by right of fosterage; my father was none other than Ala al-Din Abu al Shamat."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
This conjecture is corroborated by the numerous instances in history and in story of fosterage affection proving, when tested, stronger than the natural affection of relatives by birth.
From The Glories of Ireland by P. J. Lennox
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
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
