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orphanage
This term describes a specific type of institutional housing. While historically common, the word now often carries a heavy emotional weight, evoking images of austerity or loneliness. In many modern contexts, it is being replaced by terms like group home, foster care, or residential care center to reflect a shift toward family-based care models.
Because it refers to a physical building or an organization, it is a standard countable noun. It is typically used in contexts involving social services, charity, or historical narratives.
Meanings
Examples
The local orphanage needs more donations for the winter season.
I grew up in a small orphanage in the countryside.
The protagonist was raised in a bleak orphanage during the Victorian era.
We should visit the orphanage and read stories to the children.
He wondered if he would ever leave the orphanage and find a real family.
The royal orphanage was funded by the crown to ensure every child had a home.
Is there an orphanage nearby where we can drop off these clothes?
The old building had served as an orphanage for over fifty years.