fosterage
Example Sentences
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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
A great industrial system has been built up in this country under the fosterage of the Government, behind a wall of unproductive taxes.
From Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him by Joseph P. Tumulty
It is said that Mananan mac Lir had a daughter who was given in fosterage to the Danaan prince Angus, whose fairy palace was at Brugh na Boyna.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
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
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
