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单词 orphanotrophy
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orphanotrophyn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin orphanotrophia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin orphanotrophia (1526 or earlier) < orphanotrophus bringing up orphans (5th cent.; < Byzantine Greek ὀρϕανοτρόϕος < ὀρϕανός orphan n. + -τροϕος , combining form < an ablaut variant of the base of τρέϕειν to nourish: see tropho- comb. form) + -ia -y suffix3. Compare earlier orphanotrophium n.
Obsolete. rare.
A hospital or asylum for orphans; an orphanage.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for orphans or children
conservatory1620
orphanotrophium1673
orphan house1711
orphanotrophy1727
orphan hospital1736
foundling-house1750
foundling-hospital1756
orphan asylum1806
children's home1839
orphanage1865
protectory1865
orphanry1869
police orphanage1872
Pestalozzi children's village1946
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Orphanotrophy.
1728 T. Bray (title) A memorial concerning the erecting in the city of London or the suburbs thereof an orphanotrophy or hospital for the reception of poor cast-off children or foundlings.
1886 Catholic World Nov. 288 There is in English no single word (if we except ‘orphanotrophy’) which is equivalent to the French word orphelinat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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