orphanage
noun
or·phan·age
ˈȯr-fə-nij 
ˈȯrf-nij
Examples of orphanage in a Sentence
After the death of his parents, he was raised in an orphanage.
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CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Available across Jil Sander’s flagships and online, the brand will donate 50 percent of proceeds from the sale into the OTB Foundation’s girls’ orphanage project in Kapisa.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
Three therapists from TriStar Summit outpatient clinic decided to spend the entire Labor Day weekend together — on a medical mission trip to a children's orphanage to Honduras in Central America.
—The Tennessean, 24 Dec. 2024
The boy was sent to an orphanage and then adopted in 1955.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Orphanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orphanage. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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orphanage
noun
or·phan·age
ˈȯrf-(ə-)nij
: an institution for the care of orphans
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