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 Reid, Stephen
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.
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)
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
She is my sister by fosterage and this is how it came about.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
