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. Carlos Garcia:

   At least, since he [ my father ] passed, we get to be with our family, we don't have to go to an orphanage or anything. I'd rather be here than anywhere else right now.

2. Greg Proops:

   I understand that smoking is vaguely inappropriate in certain situations. You know, like an orphanage, cancer ward, whatever.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Lyudmila Denisova:

   As a result of heavy armor shelling of an orphanage in the town of Vorzel in the Kyiv region, 51 children are currently at risk of life and health, 3 of whom have severe health problems and 15 infants. Two buildings of the institution were damaged.