Orphanage - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An orphanage is an institution that takes in and cares for orphans.[1] It can also mean the state of being an orphan.[1]
Historically it was very often the church or the state who cared for orphans.[source?] Children in orphanages may have suffered from child abuse or trauma from their parents.
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