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[ awr-fuh-nij ] / ˈɔr fə nɪdʒ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR orphanage ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan institution for the housing and care of orphans. the state of being an orphan; orphanhood. Archaic. orphans collectively. Origin of orphanageFirst recorded in 1530–40; orphan + -age Words nearby orphanageOroya fever, oro y plata, Orozco, Orpen, orphan, orphanage, orphan disease, orphan drug, orphans' court, orphan virus, orpharion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for orphanageBy day, she cares for her children in a bombed-out milk factory that hosts her orphanage, Okutiuka. Death Metal Angola: Heavy Metal in War-Torn Africa|Nina Strochlic|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST The last time Xido was at the orphanage in 2012, money was running out and there was only bread to eat for a few days. Death Metal Angola: Heavy Metal in War-Torn Africa|Nina Strochlic|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 2012, Nicholas and Chris Grava worked at an orphanage in an impoverished area in Cape Town, South Africa. Dancing Grandpas, Morgan Freeman Impressions, and More Viral Videos|Jack Holmes|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Three big sunflowers were lying on the still fresh imprint of a human body in the soil in the orphanage yard. In the Killing Fields of Ukraine with Children Who Saw the MH17 Horror|Anna Nemtsova|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Is she back in the orphanage where it smells like ammonia and cooked cabbage? When An Adopted Child Won’t Attach|Tina Traster|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Of course, Whitefield was also busily occupied with his Orphanage. The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2)|Luke Tyerman He'd presented it to an orphanage mainly because, irrationally, he'd have liked to keep it. The Ambulance Made Two Trips|William Fitzgerald Jenkins I buried a mother and child this afternoon, and have just come from a house of orphanage and grief. Macaria|Augusta Jane Evans Wilson Do you recall whether or not Lee was ever in an orphanage, an orphan home here in New Orleans? Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy A thrilling story of orphanage, illustrating the trials and temptations of the young, and the happy results of Christian nurture. Brave Old Salt|Oliver Optic
British Dictionary definitions for orphanage
nounan institution for orphans and abandoned children 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 Words related to orphanagefoundation, school, business, institute, academy, university, system, society, clinic, hospital, establishment, company, association, hut, dormitory, apartment, dwelling, palace, resort, shelter |