Antonyms for orphanages


Grammar : Noun
Spell : awr-fuh-nij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr fə nɪdʒ


Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for orphanages

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