orphanage

[ awr-fuh-nij ]

/ ˈɔr fə nɪdʒ /

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noun

an institution for the housing and care of orphans.

the state of being an orphan; orphanhood.

Archaic. orphans collectively.

Nearby words

orozco, orpen, orphan, orphan drug, orphan virus, orphanage, orphans' court, orpharion, orphean, orpheus, orpheus and eurydice

Origin of orphanage

First recorded in 1530–40; orphan + -age

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Examples from the Web for orphanage

By day, she cares for her children in a bombed-out milk factory that hosts her orphanage, Okutiuka.
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The last time Xido was at the orphanage in 2012, money was running out and there was only bread to eat for a few days.
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In 2012, Nicholas and Chris Grava worked at an orphanage in an impoverished area in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Three big sunflowers were lying on the still fresh imprint of a human body in the soil in the orphanage yard.
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Is she back in the orphanage where it smells like ammonia and cooked cabbage?
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Of course, Whitefield was also busily occupied with his Orphanage.
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He'd presented it to an orphanage mainly because, irrationally, he'd have liked to keep it.
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I buried a mother and child this afternoon, and have just come from a house of orphanage and grief.
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Do you recall whether or not Lee was ever in an orphanage, an orphan home here in New Orleans?
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A thrilling story of orphanage, illustrating the trials and temptations of the young, and the happy results of Christian nurture.
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British Dictionary definitions for orphanage

orphanage

/ (ˈɔːfənɪdʒ) /

noun

an institution for orphans and abandoned children

the state of being an orphan

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orphanage

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British Dictionary definitions for orphanage

orphanage

noun