Orphanage Definition

ôrfə-nĭj
orphanages
noun
orphanages
A public institution for the care and protection of children without parents.
American Heritage
The condition of being an orphan.
Webster's New World
An institution that is a home for orphans.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Orphanage

Noun

Singular:
orphanage
Plural:
orphanages

Origin of Orphanage

  • Attested since the 1570s; orphan +"Ž -age.

    From Wiktionary

Orphanage Sentence Examples

  • There is a theatre, an orphanage and a municipal library.

  • Other buildings are the orphanage, the hospital, a house of correction for women and a music hall.

  • The Germans have an orphanage with 300 Armenian children, a carpet factory and a medical station.

  • There is an Anglican convent of the Sisters of St Lawrence, with orphanage and school.

  • There are a large American Mission with schools, orphanage and a resident doctor, a French (Dominican) Mission with schools, and also a branch of the archbishop of Canterbury's Mission to the Nestorian Christians who live in the mountains to the south.

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Words Starting With

OORORP

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

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orphanage

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Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With O9 Letter Words Ending With E