fosterage
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There was fosterage for affection, for payment and for a literary education.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" 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
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
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
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
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