orphanage
IPA: ˈɔrfʌnʌdʒ
noun
- A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.
- (obsolete) Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.
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Examples of "orphanage" in Sentences
- The orphanage is in the low building to the right.
- The girl returns to the orphanage she escaped from.
- The authorities want to put Stymie into an orphanage.
- The orphanage was never built on the site of the mansion.
- The aim of the orphanage is to simulate the natural world.
- It was hidden in the orphanage of the nearby town of Steele.
- The biggest orphanage in the Urals is located in Alapayevsk.
- The buildings surrounding the church became a hospice and orphanage.
- He became a voracious reader and took charge of the orphanage library.
- The group raises funds that help to sustain the works of the orphanage.
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