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Orphanage Moderate

Origin: French suffix -age

Orphanage has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the condition of being a child without living parents

"his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult"

2

a public institution for the care of orphans

3

A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

See Also
orphan orphanhood protection orphanages orphanize orphanism orphan asylum orphanity
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
condition institution
Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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