Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for VA-CA'TION
VA-CA'TION, n. [Fr. from L. vacatio.]
- The act of making void, vacant, or of no validity; as, the vacation of a charter.
- Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; non-term.
- The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of a college or other seminary, when the students have a recess.
- Intermission of a stated employment.
- The time when a see or other spiritual dignity is vacant. During the vacation of a bishopric, the dean and chapter are guardians of the spiritualities. – Cyc.
- Leisure; freedom from trouble or perplexity. [Now little used.] – Hammond.
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