fosterage
Example Sentences
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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
Sir Nigel Campbell, as all Highland chiefs did, sent his son to a farmer’s family for fosterage.
From Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race by M. I. (Maud Isabel) Ebbutt
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
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
Connected apparently with the tribal sentiment were the strange customs of fosterage and gossipred.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Goldwin Smith
