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Orphan :: Orphan (v. t.) To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.

Orphanet :: Orphanet (n.) A little orphan.

Orphanage :: Orphanage (n.) An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.

Orphan :: Orphan (a.) Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent..

Orphan :: Orphan (n.) A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living..

Orphaned :: Orphaned (imp. & p. p.) of Orpha.

Orphanotrophy :: Orphanotrophy (n.) A hospital for orphans.

Orphanotrophy :: Orphanotrophy (n.) The act of supporting orphans.

Orphanhood :: Orphanhood (n.) The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage.

Lorettine :: Lorettine (n.) One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States..

Asylum :: Asylum (n.) An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum..

Orphaning :: Orphaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Orpha.

Orphanage :: Orphanage (n.) The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively..

Orphancy :: Orphancy (n.) Orphanhood.

Orpheline :: Orpheline (n.) An orphan.

Orphanotrophism :: Orphanotrophism (n.) The care and support of orphans.

Orphanism :: Orphanism (n.) Orphanhood.

Mora :: Mora (n.) A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture..

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