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FOSTERAGE [1 record]

Record 1 1986-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
DEF

the custom once widely prevalent in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland of entrusting one's child to foster parents to be nursed and brought up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
DEF

pratique codifiée de mise en nourrice, les conditions de ce placement, le choix des parents nourriciers et la nature des relations entre ceux-ci et les parents véritables étant définis à l'avance par (...) la société.

OBS

"fosterage" vient du mot anglais; to foster : nourrir, entretenir, élever.

Spanish

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