orphanage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the condition of being a child without living parents
    orphanhood.
    • his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult
  2. noun a public institution for the care of orphans
    orphans' asylum.

WordNet


Or"phan*age noun
Definitions
  1. The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.
  2. An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.

Webster 1913