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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