† orbituden.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
The condition of being bereaved; = orbity n.
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the world > life > death > cause of death > bereavement by death > [noun]
orbation1623
orbitude1623
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [noun] > state of being childless
orbity1597
orbitude1623
childlessness1657
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Orbitude, the lacke of what wee loue, when a wife hath lost her husband.
1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Orbitude,... Loss or want of parents or children; loss of husband or wife; any privation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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