vagancy

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noun

A wandering; vagrancy.

OriginLatin vagans →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounvagancy (plural vagancies)

plural vagancies

  1. obsoleteA 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, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 203

Origin

  1. Latinvagans
  2. Englishvagancy

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

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APA

vagancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vagancy

MLA

“vagancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vagancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vagancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vagancy.

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