= vacation, n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

(a) originally English Law a fixed period in the summer during which a law court or (now chiefly U.S.) a university, school, etc., is not in…

A period during which activity in law courts is formally suspended; a legal vacation. Hence: a period of cessation of any activity, a vacation.

long vacation (see long, adj.1 n.1compounds 4).

plural. A vacation. Obsolete. rare.

University slang. With the. Chiefly with capital initial. = long vacation n. at compounds 4a. Obsolete.