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† orˈphanity Obs.
[a. OF. orphanité, orfanité, earlier orfenté:—late L. orphanitās (6th c. in Quicherat Addenda), f. orphan-us orphan: see -ity.]
The condition of an orphan, orphanhood.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. lii. (1869) 163, I haue brouht thee the burdoun ayen, to deliuere thee from orphanitee. 1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xiii. ix, Now I am fallen in orphanyte of parents & of my lorde. c1500Melusine 147 The land were in grete orphanite of bothe lord & of lady. |