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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L.

orbitudo

orbitas

, fr.

orbus

: cf. F.

orbité

. See

Orbation.

[Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

orbity ‎(plural orbities)

(obsolete) A bereavement by loss of parents or children; the state of being orbate; orbation.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, 492:
  Discontents and grievances […] peculiar to private men, as cares, crosses, losses, death of friends, poverty, want, sickness, orbities, abuses, […].