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单词 orphanotrophy
释义

orphanotrophy

English

Etymology

Latin orphanotrophium, Ancient Greek an orphan + to feed, bring up.

Noun

orphanotrophy (countable and uncountable, plural orphanotrophies)

  1. 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
  2. (uncountable) The act of supporting orphans.
    Synonym: orphanotrophism

References

  • orphanotrophy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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