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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the condition of being a child without living parents;
- Example: "his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult"
[syn: orphanage, orphanhood]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Orphanhood \Or"phan*hood\, n. The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

orphanhood n 1: the condition of being a child without living parents; "his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult" [syn: orphanage, orphanhood]