orbation

English

Etymology

Latin orbatio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔː(ɹ)ˈbeɪʃən/

Noun

orbation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement.
    • 1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC:
      How much more easy had the want of a son been, than the miscarriage! barrenness, than orbation?

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