orphanotrophy

English

Etymology

Latin orphanotrophium, Ancient Greek an orphan + to feed, bring up.

Noun

orphanotrophy (plural orphanotrophies)

  1. A hospital for orphans.
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  2. (uncountable) The act of supporting orphans.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for orphanotrophy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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