Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Privation of parents or children, or privation in general; bereavement.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement.

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  • noun obsolete The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement.

Etymologies

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Latin orbatio.

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