fosterage
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
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
