One other possible use of 'vacare': I believe it was Poggio Bracciolini
in the Ren. who said life's motto shd be 'sibi soli vacare'. Pardon
Tillingahst.
On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Stephen J. Harris wrote:
> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:05:31 -0600
> From: Stephen J. Harris <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: Vacare Deo et divinis
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> What do you make of "vacare" in Baker's sense? I ran across a phrase in
> Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica I, vii, concerning the martyrdom of St.
> Alban. A pagan judge asks Alban about his pedigree and Alban defiantly
> answers, "Christianum iam me esse Christianisque officiis vacare
> cognosce." Is this a standard use of the term, as in an administrative
> or martial execution of duty?
>
> Stephen
>
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