1. The condition of being a child without living parents
   "his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult"
   - orphanhood 
2. A public institution for the care of orphans
   - orphans' asylum

Derived forms: orphanages

See also: orphan

Type of: condition, institution

Encyclopedia: Orphanage

• inodorous
• inoffensive
• inoffensively
• inoperable
• inoperative
• inopportune
• inopportunely
• inopportuneness
• inordinate
• inordinately
• inordinateness
• inorganic
• inorganic chemistry
• inorganic compound
• inorganic phosphate
• inorganically
• inosculate
• inosculation
• inosine
• inositol
• inpatient
• inpour
• inpouring
• input
• input data