ORPHANAGE

Orphanage

An orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of orphans – children whose natural parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to care for them. Natural parents, and sometimes natural grandparents, are legally responsible for supporting children, but in the absence of these or other relatives willing to care for the children, they become a ward of the state, and orphanages are one way of providing for their care, housing and education.

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orphanage

Noun

  1. A public institution for the care and protection of orphans.
  2. Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.


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