1. In place of the parents
   "we had to punish this child in loco parentis"

Encyclopedia: In loco parentis

• earphone
• earpiece
• earplug
• earreach
• earring
• earshot
• earsplitting
• earth
• earth almond
• earth color
• earth colour
• earth goddess
• earth mother
• earth science
• earth tremor
• earth up
• earth wax
• Earth's crust
• Earth's surface
• earth-closet
• earth-god
• earth-nut pea
• Earth-received time
• earth-shattering
• earthball