(a) (Law) Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time
between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm;
recess. "With lawyers in the vacation." Shak.
(b) The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an
educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring
vacation.
(c) The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a
see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
Vac"ca*ry (?), n. [LL. vaccarium, from L. vacca cow. Cf. Vachery.] A
cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright.
||Vac*ci"na (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Vaccinia.
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Vac"ci*nal (?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to vaccinia or vaccination.
Vac"ci*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vaccinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Vaccinating.] [See Vaccine.] To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a
virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.
Vac`ci*na"tion (?), n. The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or
inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack
of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation.
In recent use, vaccination sometimes includes inoculation with any
virus as a preventive measure; as, vaccination of cholera.
Vac"ci*na`tor (?), n. One who, or that which, vaccinates.
Vac"cine (?), a. [L. vaccinus, fr. vacca a cow; cf. Skr. vc to bellow,
to groan.] Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or
caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease. — n. The
virus of vaccinia used in vaccination.
||Vac*cin"i*a (?), n. [NL. See Vaccine.] (Med.) Cowpox; vaccina. See
||Cowpox.
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Vac"ci*nist (?), n. A vaccinator.
||Vac*cin"i*um (?), n. [L., the blueberry, or whortleberry.] (Bot.) A
||genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries
||and the true cranberries.
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||Va`cher" (?), n. [F., from vache a cow. Cf. Vaquero.] A keeper of
||stock or cattle; a herdsman. [Southwestern U. S.] Bartlett.
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Vach"er*y (?), n. [F. vacherie, from vache a cow, L. vacca. Cf.
Vaccary.]