fosterage

Example Sentences

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Conary would not condemn them to death, as the people begged him to do, but spared them for the sake of his kinship in fosterage.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

John Loptson of Oddi, the grandson of Sæmund the Wise, took him into fosterage.

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson

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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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 Lennox, P. J.

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