orbation
English
Etymology
Latin orbatio.
Noun
orbation (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement.
- Bishop Joseph Hall
- How much more easy had the want of a son been, than the miscarriage! barrenness, than orbation?
- Bishop Joseph Hall
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