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单词 orphanotrophium
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orphanotrophiumn.

Inflections: Plural orphanotrophia.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin orphanotrophium.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin orphanotrophium orphanage (5th cent.) < Byzantine Greek ὀρϕανοτροϕεῖον < ὀρϕανοτρόϕος bringing up orphans (see orphanotrophy n.) + -εῖον, suffix forming nouns. Compare French †orphanothrophium (1669).
Obsolete. rare.
A hospital or asylum for orphans; an orphanage. In quot. 1711 apparently: the support and care of orphans.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for orphans or children
conservatory1620
orphanotrophium1673
orphan house1711
orphanotrophy1727
orphan hospital1736
foundling-house1750
foundling-hospital1756
orphan asylum1806
children's home1839
orphanage1865
protectory1865
orphanry1869
police orphanage1872
Pestalozzi children's village1946
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 325 The Orphanotrophium maintains 900 persons.
1711 C. Mather (title) Orphanotrophium. Or, Orphans well-provided for.
1855 Spectator 8 Dec. 326/2 The almshouses were ptochotrophia; if asylums for the old, gerontocomia; for children or orphans, orphanotrophia; for foundlings, brephotrophia.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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