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单词 orphanship
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orphanshipn.

Brit. /ˈɔːfnʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈɔrf(ə)nˌʃɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: orphan n., -ship suffix.
Etymology: < orphan n. + -ship suffix. Compare earlier orphanism n., orphancy n., orphanage n., orphany n.1, orphanity n.
The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanhood. Also figurative.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [noun] > condition of an orphan
orphanityc1450
orphanyc1539
orphanage1579
orphancya1586
orphanism1598
orphanship1680
orphanhood1765
orphandom1892
1680 G. Sikes Expos. Ecclesiastes vii. 307 Christ will not leave them, long, comfortless, in a state of, Orphanship and Widowhood, fatherless, and husbandless, as to their natural state.
1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested I. ii. v. 303 Some collectives admit various endings.., one or more possible in certain cases. Thus orphan..may form on some occasions orphanhood and orphanship.
1816 F. Wrangham Sermons III. 414 Others less happy, of their sires bereft, Hold still their onward course, with frequent sigh Given to their prosperous orphanship.
1823 Times 3 Jan. 2/5 They protected the people of Madrid in the state of political orphanship to which they were reduced.
1991 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 10 Mar. c1 Jesus himself, when he ascended into Heaven, abandoned his human family and left those who believed in him in a chronic state of bewildered orphanship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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