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orphancy|ˈɔːfənsɪ|
[f. orphan n. + -cy.]
The condition of being an orphan; orphanhood.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1590) K k iij, Yet did not thy orphancie, or my widdowhood, depriue vs of the delightfull prospect. 1592Warner Alb. Eng. vii. xxxiv. (1612) 164 Nor can æneas Offsprings now of Orphansie complaine. 1839Landor Andrea of Hungary i. iv. 115 The worst Of orphancy, the cruellest of frauds. 1866J. B. Rose tr. Ovid's Fasti iii. 225 Shall we Elect for widowhood or orphancy? |