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Definition of Orbity
1. Noun. (obsolete) A bereavement by loss of parents or children; the state of being orbate; orbation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orbity
1. bereavement [n ORBITIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orbity
Literary usage of Orbity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life by John Donne (1839)
"When God is pleased to take away that impediment of barrenness, and to give
children, we know the misery, and desolation of orbity, when parents are ..."
2. Select Essays of Dr. Johnson by Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill (1889)
"Nothing seems to have been more universally dreaded by the ancients than orbity,
or want of children1; and, indeed, to a man who has survived all the ..."
3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to by James Boswell (1884)
"... that he has rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers ; but
where are we to seek authorities for ' resuscitation, orbity, volant, ..."
4. The Poems of John Donne by John Donne, James Russell Lowell, Grolier Club (1895)
"... At once a son is promised her and gone; Gabriel gives Christ to her, he her
to John; Not fully a mother, she 's in orbity, At once receiver and the ..."
5. Religio Medici: A Letter to a Friend, Christian Morals, Urn-burial, and by Sir Thomas Browne, James Thomas Fields (1862)
"... he may pass away divers years in sorrow and black habits, and leave none to
mourn for himself; orbity may be his inheritance, and riches his repentance. ..."
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