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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Orphanage

/ôr'-fən-əj/ · Or·phan·age · IPA /ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ/
01 n. The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.
  1. 1.
    The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.
  2. 2.
    An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.