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orphanotrophies

orphanotrophies is the plural of orphanotrophy.

Meaning of orphanotrophy

Noun

orphanotrophy (countable and uncountable, plural orphanotrophies)

  1. A hospital for orphans.
    • A Memorial concerning the erecting, in the City of London, or the Suburbs thereof, an Orphanotrophy, or Hospital for the Reception of Poor cast-off Children1797, Sir Frederick Morton Eden, The State of the Poor: Or, An History of the Labouring Classes in England
  2. (uncountable) The act of supporting orphans.
    Synonyms:
    orphanotrophism

Questions about orphanotrophies

What is orphanotrophies the plural of?
Orphanotrophies is the plural of orphanotrophy.

Words near orphanotrophies in the dictionary

  1. orphanized
  2. orphanizes
  3. orphanizing
  4. orphanlike
  5. orphanotrophia
  6. orphanotrophies
  7. orphanotrophism
  8. orphanotrophium
  9. orphanotrophy
  10. orphanries
  11. orphanry

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