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

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