What does vastity mean?
Vastity means (obsolete) Emptiness or desolation..
Vastity
/ˈvɑːstɪti/ · noun
Meaning
(obsolete) Emptiness or desolation..
Definitions by Sense
- (obsolete) Emptiness or desolation.
- Vastness.
Example Sentences
Leo Decimus was so much bewailed in Rome after his departure, that[…]all good fellowship, peace, mirth, and plenty died with him, tanquam eodem sepulchro cum Leone condita lugebantur; for it was a golden age whilst he lived, but after his decease an iron season succeeded[…], wars, plagues, vastity, discontent.
there is no […] soule so skittish and stubborne, that hath not a feeling of some reverence in considering the clowdy vastitie and gloomie canapies of our churches […].
Synonyms for vastity
Antonyms for vastity
Related Words
Word Forms
- vastities
Usage Notes
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Leo Decimus was so much bewailed in Rome after his departure, that[…]all good fellowship, peace, mirth, and plenty died with him, tanquam eodem sepulchro cum Leone condita lugebantur; for it was a golden age whilst he lived, but after his decease an iron season succeeded[…], wars, plagues, vastity, discontent.
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