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Definition of Vacancies:
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In this body of preachers, which had power to fill up all vacancies in its number, was vested all legal authority requisite for the admission and expulsion of preachers, the appointment of preachers to their stations; and, in various other respects, the Conference was invested with the powers hitherto possessed and exercised by Wesley himself.
- "Fletcher of Madeley", Frederic W. Macdonald. -
The better class of the submerged, or those who use the provision for the submerged in order to gratify their own selfishness, have taken possession of the vacancies, and so they wander on.
- "London's Underworld", Thomas Holmes. -
There were several death- vacancies for lieutenants; and, as the battle of Lake Champlain gave Pellew his first commission, so did that of Charleston Harbour give his to Saumarez, who was made lieutenant of the Bristol by Parker.
- "The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence", A. T. Mahan.