˜yÐÄvlog

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protectory

[ pruh-tek-tuh-ree ]

noun

plural protectories.
  1. an institution for the care of destitute or delinquent children.


protectory

/ ±è°ùəˈ³ÙÉ›°ì³ÙÉ™°ùɪ /

noun

  1. an institution for the care of homeless, delinquent, or destitute children
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of protectory1

First recorded in 1650–60; protect + -ory 2
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He received his education in a protectory where the good brothers were much too busy to observe which hand he used.

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He had been hardened by a stretch in a Catholic protectory in The Bronx, where the brothers belted him with bamboo canes, and where he had to bust a few heads himself before he taught the other inmates who was boss of the yard.

The court sent "Squint" Sheridan to the Catholic Protectory for a year.

A class of children, whom we used thus to benefit, are now sent to the Catholic Protectory, or are retained in the City Alms-house on Randall's Island.

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At the Protectory the percentage of drunkenness in parents was not quite one-fifth among over three thousand children cared for in the institution last year.

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