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orphanage

[ awr-fuh-nij ]

noun

  1. an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
  2. the state of being an orphan; orphanhood.
  3. Archaic. orphans collectively.


orphanage

/ ˈɔːəɪ /

noun

  1. an institution for orphans and abandoned children
  2. the state of being an orphan
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of orphanage1

First recorded in 1530–40; orphan + -age
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The girl, who we are calling Lucy, seems to have been born in rural Nigeria in September 2022, and given to an orphanage when she was just three days old.

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Internationally, SuperAdobes have been constructed not just as homes and backyard offices, but also as island resorts, women’s health clinics and orphanages.

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Soon after that, his brother and sister were sent to live with their uncle in California, while Rafael — or Rafa as his siblings call him — remained the ward of an orphanage in Mexico.

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They then travelled to South Korea and visited an orphanage, where they selected Inger-Tone and took her with them to Norway.

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He is also visiting shelters and orphanages with Ukraine Relief's trustee, Marc Edwards - a British national who now lives in the US.

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