Synonyms for orphanage
ˈɔr fə nɪdʒor·phan·age

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1. orphanagenoun

   Synonyms:
   childrens home, orphanarium

2. orphanagenoun

   A public institution for the care and protection of orphans.

   Synonyms:
   orphanarium, childrens home

3. orphanagenoun

   Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.

   Synonyms:
   orphanarium, childrens home

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1. orphanage, orphanhoodnoun

   the condition of being a child without living parents

   "his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult"

   Synonyms:
   orphans' asylum, orphanhood

2. orphanage, orphans' asylumnoun

   a public institution for the care of orphans

   Synonyms:
   orphans' asylum, orphanhood

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1. Said Thompson:

   I received a frantic message from one of [her] caretakers at the orphanage saying that there were bombs going off and they were fearful for their lives, it was beyond scary and you feel helpless. Trying to aid children from a continent away is challenging.

2. Saeed Abedini:

   He said you are here because you want to use Christianity to remove government and it was like no, I don’t want to do that, I just came here to start orphanage, loving people and share the gospel with people and just that.

3. Tony Massarotti:

   What bugs me about a story like this is when they use the word ‘tragedy,’ a tragedy is what happened at that church in Texas this past weekend, or an orphanage burning down. This? You know what the risks are!

4. Said Thompson:

   We were able to get my daughter and 43 children from her orphanage in the Donetsk region moved the day after the war started.

5. Kory Puderbaugh:

   I have memories of the orphanage and being visited by somebody who I think might have been my mother, and I remember flying over to America ; I knew something was happening, but I didn't know exactly what.