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fosterage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fostering |
| Type of | encouragement |
| Derivation | foster |
fosterage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | breeding, bringing up, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
| Type of | acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization |
| Derivation | foster |
Examples of fosterage
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Fosterage and manrent were the most important forms of social bonding in the clans.
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Bonds between aristocratic families are cemented by fosterage of each other's children.
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Longer swaddling, fosterage, outside wetnursing, oblation of children to monasteries and nunneries, and apprenticeship.
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His refusal to accept gifts from kings placed him outside the normal ties of kinship, fosterage and affinity.
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The relationships among the king and the members of his warband were personal, and the practice of fosterage strengthened those personal bonds.
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With kinship being an essential element in early Celtic legal systems, it seems likely that artificial kinship, in the form of fosterage, was also an important element of these early customary laws.
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The terms of their reconciliation in Denmark in 1023, with an exchange of sons for fosterage and Thorkell becoming Cnut's regent in Denmark, suggests that Thorkell had won them with an armed force.
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- Fostering: encouragement; aiding the development of something
- Breeding: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
- Fosterage, the practice of a family bringing up a child not their own, differs from adoption in that the child's genetic parents, not the foster-parents, remain the acknowledged parents. ...
- Promoting, stimulating, or encouraging.
- The practice of sending one's child to live with another family, if the birthparents are unable or unwilling to care for the child. Among high-ranking Holders, they often foster their heirs out in an exchange system with other Holders, so that the heirs may learn the ins and outs of running a Hold.
