Definition of "orphanhood" [or•phan•hood]

• The state of being an orphan. (noun)
• The losing of both parents through death. (noun)

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• "Second: The State shall guarantee social and health security to Iraqis in cases of old age, sickness, employment disability, homelessness, orphanhood, or unemployment, shall work to protect them from ignorance, fear and poverty, and shall provide them housing and special programs of care and rehabilitation, and this shall be regulated by law."
• "Maybe this is connected to the fact that we all know we'll have to confront adult orphanhood at some point."
• "Elvira's orphanhood does not give her a blank slate of a past, but a rich and complicated one already at the age of 18."