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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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

2. a public institution for the care of orphans;
[syn: orphanage, orphans' asylum]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Orphanage \Or"phan*age\, n.
   1. The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans,
      collectively.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

orphanage
    n 1: the condition of being a child without living parents; "his
         early orphanage shaped his character as an adult" [syn:
         orphanage, orphanhood]
    2: a public institution for the care of orphans [syn:
       orphanage, orphans' asylum]