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orphanage definition

or·phan·age (ôr′fən ij)

noun

  1. the condition of being an orphan
  2. an institution that is a home for orphans

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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