vacancet (va kans)

[F. vacance = Sp. Pg. vacancia = It. vacanzia, vacanza, The consistory had no vacance at this Yool, but had little to do. Spalding , Hist. Troubles in Scotland, i. 331. (Jamie son.) vacancy (vā'kan-si), n.; pl. vacancies (-siz). [As vacance (see-cy).] 1. The state of being vacant, empty, or unoccupied. The inquisitive, in my opinion, are such merely from a vacancy in their own imaginations. Steele , Spectator, No. 282. 2. Specifically, emptine of mind; idlene ; listle ne . All dispositions to idlene or vacancy , even before they grow habits, are dangerous. Sir H. Wotton, Reliquiæ, p. 85. At che e they will play all the day long, a sport that agreeth well with their sedentary vacancy . Sandys, Travailes, p. 50. 3. That which is vacant or unoccupied. Specifi cally- ( a ) Empty space. In the vacancy Twixt the wall and me. (c) An interval of time not devoted to the ordinary duties time; holiday time; vacation; relaxation. or busine of life; unoccupied, unemployed, or leisure No interim, not a minute's vacancy.