fosterage

Example Sentences

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The terms of fosterage seem to vary in different islands. 

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

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

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

It tainted the blood of all who gave their children into fosterage with Irish women, and penalised the usage of Irish dress and customs.

From The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway by Praeger, Robert Lloyd

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)