Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Orphan Defined

 
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. John 14:18

or·phan

[awr-fuhn] Show IPA
noun
1.
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
2.
a young animal that has been deserted by or has lost its mother.
3.
a person or thing that is without protective affiliation, sponsorship, etc.: The committee is an orphan of the previous administration.
 
adjective
4. 
bereft of parents.
5.
of or for orphans: an orphan home.
6.
not authorized, supported, or funded; not part of a system; isolated; abandoned: an orphan research project.
7.
lacking a commercial sponsor, an employer, etc.: orphan workers.

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