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What is the noun for orphaned?

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orphan
  1. A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
  2. A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
  3. A young animal with no mother.
  4. (figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
  5. (typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
  6. (computing) Any unreferenced object.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Isabel Thwaites was an orphan and had been placed under the guardianship of the Abbess of a nunnery at Appleton, near York.”
orphanry
  1. (rare) The state of being an orphan.
  2. (rare) The losing of both parents through death.
  3. (rare) An institution for the care and protection of orphans; an orphanage.
orphanage
  1. A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.
  2. (obsolete) Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Our trip was very successful as we undertook a lot of work for the orphanage in the week we were there.”
      “The Scouting team, who stayed at the orphanage for a week, worked to make the home more fireproof and carried out repairs.”
      “They never did make any sense and were often contorted versions of a day at the orphanage.”
orphancy
  1. The state of being an orphan.
  2. The losing of both parents through their death.
  3. Synonyms:
orphandom
  1. The state of being an orphan.
  2. The losing of both parents through their death.
  3. Synonyms:
orphanship
  1. The state of being an orphan.
  2. The losing of both parents through death.
orphanism
  1. The state of being an orphan.
  2. The existence of orphans. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
orphanotrophy
  1. A hospital for orphans.
  2. (uncountable) The act of supporting orphans.
orphanhood
  1. The state of being an orphan; the losing of both parents through their death.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Ill health can also be an important cause of poverty through loss of income, catastrophic health expenses, and orphanhood.”
      “From boyhood, he learned to keep his feelings to himself, repressing memories of his father and of the emotional impact of early orphanhood.”
      “I had no known relatives in the wide world, and often felt the bitter pangs of orphanhood.”
orphanity
  1. (rare) The state of being an orphan; orphanhood.
orphing
  1. Eye dialect spelling of orphan.
orphanotrophium
  1. (historical) A kind of orphanage in ancient times.
orphant
  1. Obsolete form of orphan.
orphanarium
  1. (humorous) An orphanage.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He pulled Riddle into Hogwarts from the orphanarium where he was abusing the other kids and stealing their stuff.”
      “Instead of walking to the carnage like your average Mr. Rogers smoking a hash pipe, I dedicated a little something special to all the children back in the orphanarium.”
orpheline
  1. (obsolete) An orphan.
orphanotrophia
  1. plural of orphanotrophium
orphanotrophies
  1. plural of orphanotrophy
orphanariums
orphanhoods
orphanships
  1. plural of orphanship
orphanisms
  1. plural of orphanism
orphanages
  1. plural of orphanage
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “About 4,939 Russian children are legally adopted by foreigners each year, but 184,000 still languish in orphanages.”
      “Many Kazakh orphanages, however, lack qualified medical personnel to deal with such problems.”
      “Orphans from orphanages in northeastern Bulgaria work on the farm and produce milk from the cows.”
orphandoms
orphelines
  1. plural of orpheline
orphanries
  1. plural of orphanry
orphants
  1. plural of orphant
orphings
  1. plural of orphing
orphans
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