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† ˈorphanism Obs. rare. [See -ism.] The condition of being an orphan; orphanhood.
1598Florio, Orfanita, Orphanisme. 1611Cotgr., Orbité, Orphanisme. 1790A. Seward Lett. (1811) II. 345 It is an anxious and alarmed life,..better, however,..than that of lonely orphanism. 1834Tait's Mag. I. 43 To feign convulsions, starvation, orphanism, widowhood. |