fosterage
Americannoun
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the act of fostering or rearing another's child as one's own.
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the condition of being a foster child.
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an act of promoting or encouraging.
The board will undertake the fosterage of our new project.
noun
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the act of caring for or bringing up a foster child
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the condition or state of being a foster child
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the act of encouraging or promoting
Etymology
Origin of fosterage
Example Sentences
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Connected apparently with the tribal sentiment were the strange customs of fosterage and gossipred.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Goldwin Smith
The terms of fosterage seem to vary in different islands.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828 by Various
It is said that Mananan mac Lir had a daughter who was given in fosterage to the Danaan prince Angus, whose fairy palace was at Brugh na Boyna.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
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
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 John Payne
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