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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These were pictures of him as a child that his adoptive parents had sent back to the orphanage to update it on his progress.
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Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 31 May 2024
While Davy Lloyd, 23, grew up in Haiti, where his parents run an orphanage, school and bakery, Natalie, 21, moved to the troubled country shortly after the two were married to help her husband in his missionary work.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
In February, armed bandits also kidnapped three sisters of the Saint-Joseph de Cluny Congregation from a Catholic orphanage in Port-au-Prince.
—David C. Adams, New York Times, 24 May 2024
Haiti's National Police Union confirmed that Jude was Haitian and the director of an orphanage.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 24 May 2024
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Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 31 May 2024
While Davy Lloyd, 23, grew up in Haiti, where his parents run an orphanage, school and bakery, Natalie, 21, moved to the troubled country shortly after the two were married to help her husband in his missionary work.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
In February, armed bandits also kidnapped three sisters of the Saint-Joseph de Cluny Congregation from a Catholic orphanage in Port-au-Prince.
—David C. Adams, New York Times, 24 May 2024
Haiti's National Police Union confirmed that Jude was Haitian and the director of an orphanage.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 24 May 2024
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“Orphanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orphanage. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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orphanage
noun
or·phan·age
ˈȯrf-(ə-)nij
: an institution for the care of orphans
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