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† ˈorbity Obs.
[ad. L. orbitās bereavement, f. orbus bereaved, orphaned: see -ity. Cf. F. orbité, orbeté (Godef.).]
The condition of being bereaved, bereavement, esp. of children; also more widely, Childlessness.
1597J. King On Jonas (1618) 579 Hee hath smitten..thy family with orbities and priuations. 1637Heywood Dialogues ii. Wks. 1874 VI. 127 Wretched is that Orbitie And deprivation, which yet never had, Or euer shall haue issue. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 69 ⁋6 Nothing seems to have been more universally dreaded by the ancients than orbity or want of children. 1804W. Taylor in Crit. Rev. Ser. iii. I. 11 In opulent families, where the means of maintenance..are profusely supplied, orbity is common. |