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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.