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| ==Etymology== | | ==Etymology== |
− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] vacacioun, from Anglo-French vacacion, from [[Latin]] vacation-, vacatio freedom, exemption, from vacare | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] vacacioun, from Anglo-French vacacion, from [[Latin]] vacation-, vacatio freedom, exemption, from vacare |
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− | In the United Kingdom, vacation once specifically referred to the long summer break taken by the [[law]] [[courts]] and, later, [[universities]]—a [[custom]] introduced by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror William the Conqueror] from Normandy where it facilitated the grape harvest. In the [[past]], many upper-class families moved to a summer [[home]] for part of the year, leaving their usual [[family]] home vacant. | + | In the United Kingdom, vacation once specifically referred to the long summer break taken by the [[law]] [[courts]] and, later, [[universities]]—a [[custom]] introduced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror William the Conqueror] from Normandy where it facilitated the grape harvest. In the [[past]], many upper-class families moved to a summer [[home]] for part of the year, leaving their usual [[family]] home vacant. |
− | *Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century] | + | *Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century] |
| + | <center>For lesson on the [[topic]] of '''Vacation''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Vacation '''''this link'''''].</center> |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1 : a respite or a [[time]] of respite from something : intermission | | *1 : a respite or a [[time]] of respite from something : intermission |