Meaning of Creche | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of crèche.
   alt-of, alternative
2. A representation of the nativity scene.
3. A day nursery.
   Ireland, UK
4. A hospital for orphaned infants; a foundling hospital.
   historical
5. A group of young who stay together for protection.
   collective

Equivalents

Examples

“At last⟳, all was complete⟳. The creche at Greccio looked like⟳ a new Bethlehem. The baby Jesus would be placed in the manger at midnight Mass.”

“They drop their two-year-old off at the crèche in the morning before they go to work⟳.”

“If you leave⟳ the kids in the creche for one morning on your week's holiday, and they are OK with that, then it's fine.”

“One road leads to desertion of the child in a convenient hallway; another to the creche of a foundling hospital; a third, to a boarding home, good or indifferent, for the child.”

“In line with this policy, a couple could adopt⟳ a Crèche foundling only if one or both of them were Roman Catholics.”

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