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Webster 1913 Edition


Orphanage

Or′phan-age

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Noun.
1.
The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.
2.
An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.

Webster 1828 Edition


Orphanage

OR'PHANAGE

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Definition 2024


orphanage

orphanage

English

Noun

orphanage (plural orphanages)

  1. A public institution for the care and protection of orphans.
  2. (obsolete) Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.

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References

  • orphanage” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).