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vagancy

vagancy noun: a wandering; vagrancy.

Noun

vagancy (plural vagancies)

  1. (obsolete) A wandering; vagrancy.
    • Yet is it not to be conceiv'd that thoſe eternal Effluences of Sanctity and Love in the glorified Saints, ſhould by this means be confin'd and cloy'd with repetition of that which is preſcrib'd, but that our happineſs may orb it ſelf into a thouſand vagancies of glory and delight, […]1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I...

Forms of vagancy

pluralvagancies

Origin of vagancy

From Latin vagans, present participle of vagor. See vagantes.

Questions about vagancy

What does vagancy mean?
Vagancy means a wandering; vagrancy.
What part of speech is vagancy?
Vagancy is a noun.
What is the plural of vagancy?
The plural of vagancy is vagancies.

Words near vagancy in the dictionary

  1. vagacial
  2. vagacials
  3. vagal
  4. vagally
  5. vagancies
  6. vagancy
  7. Vaganova method
  8. vagarian
  9. vagarians
  10. vagaries
  11. vagarious

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