Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A public institution for the care and protection of children without parents.
- noun The condition of being a child without parents.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being an orphan.
- noun An institution or home for orphans.
- noun Orphans collectively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.
- noun An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
public institution for thecare andprotection oforphans . - noun obsolete
Orphanhood ; the state of being an orphan.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the condition of being a child without living parents
- noun a public institution for the care of orphans
Etymologies
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Examples
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They need to reassemble the band to save the orphanage, but their reward for saving the orphanage is putting the band back together.
Lance Mannion: 2010
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The orphanage is an absolute charity operation, under the wing of Grupo Amor, that new church in '92, now 1,800 strong with four Sunday services to accommodate growth.
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In plain English, the orphanage is dedicated to helping children grow up, get an education and find their place in the real world.
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The orphanage is 126 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince.
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In plain English, the orphanage is dedicated to helping children grow up, get an education and find their place in the real world.
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The orphanage is an absolute charity operation, under the wing of Grupo Amor, that new church in '92, now 1,800 strong with four Sunday services to accommodate growth.
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They need to reassemble the band to save the orphanage, but their reward for saving the orphanage is putting the band back together.
Soul Men 2010
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For most people, the word orphanage conjures cold Dickensian images of cruelty to children -- and yet whenever I write that children under five should never be kept in institutional care, I hear from people who vigorously defend such facilities.
Maia Szalavitz: How Orphanages Kill Babies-- and Why No Child Under 5 Should Be in One 2010
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At the foot of Tapatio Plaza, we stopped at Instituto Cultural de Cabañas, formerly an orphanage from the 1800's.
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Sixteenth Session – As we’re heading to a system overrun by kroath, the “Take An Orphan To Work Day” program backfires terribly as it turns out the guy who runs the orphanage is a spy.
Alternity “The Lighthouse” Session Summaries 16 and 17 Posted « Geek Related 2010
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