: Orphan heading OR isolated heading OR other? Most of the writing style guides I've looked at define/discuss the terms "orphan" and "widow" with respect to written prose (paragraphs) only. They

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Most of the writing style guides I've looked at define/discuss the terms "orphan" and "widow" with respect to written prose (paragraphs) only. They make no mention of orphan headings.

When searching online for orphan +heading I find the occasional blog post or how-to article that uses the term orphan heading (or similar), but these sources are not what I consider "official" (published) writing style guides.

So I'm wondering whether the term orphan heading is considered a well-known and accepted term for "a heading or subheading that appears by itself at the bottom of a column of text or a page" (or similar definition).

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