Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of emptying; evacuation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act of emptying; evacuation.
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- noun The act of
emptying or clearing out.
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Examples
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"I continued in this church about four years, 'till the' vacuation" -- of Savannah by the British.
The Silver Bluff Church: A History of Negro Baptist Churches in America Walter Henderson 1910
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Liele said, "I continued in this church about four years till the 'vacuation.'"
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All local remedies will be ineffectual, and consequently the purgative should be given in large doses until a copious vacuation is produced.
Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics B. G. Jefferis
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All local remedies will be ineffectual, and consequently the purgative should be given in large doses until a copious vacuation is produced.
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Liele said, "I continued in this church about four years till the 'vacuation."
The Silver Bluff Church: A History of Negro Baptist Churches in America Walter Henderson 1910
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In a communication, written in 1791, and addressed to the pastor of a London church, Mr. Liele refers to one of his Jamaica members in this style: "Sister Hannah Williams, during the time she was a member of the church at Savannah, until the 'vacuation, did walk as a faithful, well-behaved Christian."
The Silver Bluff Church: A History of Negro Baptist Churches in America Walter Henderson 1910
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It is easy enough to see how the inference was drawn, for, in one of his letters, Mr. Liele says, "Our beloved Sister Hannah Williams, during the time she was a member of the church at Savannah, until the 'vacuation, did walk as a faithful, well-beloved Christian."
The Silver Bluff Church: A History of Negro Baptist Churches in America Walter Henderson 1910
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London church, Liele refers to one of his Jamaica members in this style: "Sister Hannah Williams, during the time she was a member of the church at Savannah, until the 'vacuation, did _walk_ as a faithful, well-behaved Christian." [
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After this I declared before the congregation of believers the work which God had done for my soul, and the same minister, the Rev. Matthew Moore, baptized me, and I continued in this church about four years, till the vacuation "of
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various
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"At the vacuation of the country I was partly obliged to come to Jamaica, as an indented servant, for money I owed him, he promising to be my friend in this country.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various
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