| 单词 | orphanage custom |
| 释义 | > as lemmasorphanage custom General attributive with the sense ‘of, belonging to, or relating to orphanage or an orphanage’, as orphanage child, †orphanage custom, orphanage life, orphanage money, etc. ΚΠ 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 88v His successor may in his owne name have execution of a Recognisance acknowledged to his predecessor for Orphanage money. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xxxii. 519 In London the share of the children (or orphanage part) is not fully vested in them till the age of twenty-one, before which they cannot dispose of it by testament:..but after the age of twenty-one it is free from any orphanage custom. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) VI. 423 In that part of the will relating to the orphanage share. 1958 J. Kesson White Bird Passes ix. 134 He hovered on the fringe of Orphanage life. 2003 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 32 Joseph Currie, the orphanage child, had something important to say, but there was no one to tell it to. < as lemmas |
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