voidance

voidance is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.(Eccl.) A ejection from a benefice.
  2. 2.The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent.
  3. 3.Evasion; subterfuge. [Obs.] Bacon.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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