Antonyms for orphanage

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awr-fuh-nij

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr fə nɪdʒ

office

Definition of orphanage

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

Example sentences :

After dinner she went off to Westminster in search of the orphanage.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

But I stopped long enough at the orphanage to ask about the poor baby.
Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott

The next time she came to the hospital, Kate had much to ask her about the Orphanage.
Extract from : « Daybreak » by Florence A. Sitwell

That home of affluence was not mine,—it was only the asylum of my first days of orphanage.
Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz

For several years they had supported a little girl at an orphanage.
Extract from : « For the Sake of the School » by Angela Brazil

Now this orphanage was well conducted, but it wasn't a home; it was an institution.
Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney

You would not have let the youngster go into an Orphanage had you known of the matter.
Extract from : « Tom Gerrard » by Louis Becke

The head of the orphanage admitted that the total had dropped off.
Extract from : « The Ambulance Made Two Trips » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

The female head of the orphanage accepted the gift with gratitude.
Extract from : « The Ambulance Made Two Trips » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

But then he insists that if she isn't born with blue eyes, he will send her to the orphanage.
Extract from : « Virginia » by Ellen Glasgow

Synonyms for orphanage

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