orphanotrophy
English
Etymology
Latin orphanotrophium, Ancient Greek an orphan + to feed, bring up.
Noun
orphanotrophy (countable and uncountable, plural orphanotrophies)
- A hospital for orphans.
- 1797, Sir Frederick Morton Eden, The State of the Poor: Or, An History of the Labouring Classes in England:
- A Memorial concerning the erecting, in the City of London, or the Suburbs thereof, an Orphanotrophy, or Hospital for the Reception of Poor cast-off Children
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- (uncountable) The act of supporting orphans.
- Synonym: orphanotrophism
References
- orphanotrophy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913