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Noun: orphanage  or-fu-nij
  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

Type of: condition, institution

Encyclopedia: Orphanage

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