fosterage

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O my son, for the sake of my fosterage of thee and my service to thee, spare this young lady, for indeed she has done nothing deserving of death.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John

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

However, by the Celtic custom of fosterage the infant is intrusted to Sir Ector as his dalt, or foster-child, and Uther falls in battle.

From Alfred Tennyson by Lang, Andrew

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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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