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† orˈbation Obs.
[ad. L. orbātiōn-em, n. of action from orbāre to bereave.]
Bereavement, deprivation (of parents, children, or the like).
1623Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xix. vii, How much more easie had the want of a sonne been than the mis-cariage? Barrennesse than orbation? 1798W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXVII. 517 A conspiracy..conferring on orbation a triple crown. |