bereaved child
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twice-bereaved child — index orphan Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bereaved — bereaved, bereft The verb bereave, meaning ‘to deprive (someone)’, is normally used in the passive. When the meaning refers in general ways to possessions, feelings, etc., the past participle is bereft: • Without her, he felt bereft as a child at … Modern English usage
orphan — or·phan n: a child deprived by death of one or usu. both parents; broadly: a child without a parent or guardian Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. orphan … Law dictionary
Stepchild — Step child , n. [AS. ste[ o]pcild.] 1. A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A son or daughter of one s wife or husband by a former marriage. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bereft — bereaved, bereft The verb bereave, meaning ‘to deprive (someone)’, is normally used in the passive. When the meaning refers in general ways to possessions, feelings, etc., the past participle is bereft: • Without her, he felt bereft as a child at … Modern English usage
Grief — Bereavement redirects here. For the film, see Bereavement (film). For other uses, see Grief (disambiguation). A funeral during the Siege of Sarajevo in 1992 Grief is a multi faceted response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or… … Wikipedia
rite of passage — 1. Anthropol. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person s change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan. 2. any important act or event that serves… … Universalium
Orphan — For other uses, see Orphan (disambiguation). Orphans by Thomas Kennington An orphan (from the Greek ὀρφανός[1]) is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents … Wikipedia
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Mourning — Not to be confused with Morning. Margarita Teresa of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, in mourning, 1666; her brother, the young king Charles II of Spain appears behind her with his attendants wearing mourning dress … Wikipedia
