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Synonyms for orphanages
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : awr-fuh-nij |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr fə nɪdʒ |
Top 10 synonyms for orphanages Other synonyms for the word orphanages
- abode
- academy
- address
- association
- asylum
- boarding house
- bungalow
- business
- castle
- cave
- clinic
- co-op
- college
- commorancy
- company
- conservatory
- crash pad
- diggings
- digs
- domicile
- dump
- establishment
- fireside
- fixture
- flat
- foundation
- guild
- habitation
- hangout
- haunt
- hearth
- hideout
- hole in the wall
- home plate
- homestead
- hospital
- institute
- joint
- living quarters
- manor
- mansion
- nest
- orphanage
- pad
- palace
- parking place
- place
- residence
- resort
- roof
- rooming house
- roost
- school
- seminar
- seminary
- shanty
- shelter
- society
- system
- think tank
- trailer
- turf
- university
- villa
- where the hat is
Définition of orphanages
Origin :- 1570s, "condition of being an orphan," from orphan (n.) + -age. Meaning "home for orphans" is from 1865 (earlier was orphan house, 1711).
- As in institute/institution : noun organization, usually educational
- As in institution : noun organization
- As in home : noun place where a human lives
- She also attempted to relieve pauperism by the foundation of orphanages and almshouses.
- Extract from : « Belgium » by Emile Cammaerts
- Look at our hospitals, they say; look at our orphanages, look at our almshouses, look at our soup-kitchens.
- Extract from : « Flowers of Freethought » by George W. Foote
- Their most beautiful and most successful works are the orphanages which they maintain.
- Extract from : « Changing China » by William Gascoyne-Cecil
- She–oh, there are plenty of Homes and Orphanages where they will give her shelter.
- Extract from : « A Sunny Little Lass » by Evelyn Raymond
- They have schools and churches and orphanages in every part of the country.
- Extract from : « Brother Francis » by Eileen Douglas
- They knew what Jasmin had done to found schools, orphanages, and creches.
- Extract from : « Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist » by Samuel Smiles
- Some have come out of orphanages well equipped for the highest work by character and attainments.
- Extract from : « Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 » by James Kennedy
- Maybe if we went around to all the orphanages and hospitals and free kindergartens we could find some trace of her.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel's Holidays » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- All twenty convents were closed, as were fifteen orphanages, sixteen church schools, and ten charitable institutions.
- Extract from : « Area Handbook for Albania » by Eugene K. Keefe
- The whole hope of the mission was in these orphanages, for nothing could be expected from the adult population.
- Extract from : « The Jesuits, 1534-1921 » by Thomas J. Campbell
Antonyms for orphanages
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