Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A supporting or the support of orphans.
- noun A hospital for orphans.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A hospital for orphans.
- noun rare The act of supporting orphans.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
hospital fororphans . - noun uncountable The act of
supporting orphans.
Etymologies
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Latin orphanotrophium, Ancient Greek an orphan + to feed, bring up.
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