Orphanhood

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orphanhood \Or"phan*hood\, n.
     The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  orphanhood
       n : the condition of being a child without living parents; "his
           early orphanage shaped his character as an adult" [syn: {orphanage}]