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n. - An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome; A blank gap or missing part.

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  • One of these lacunæ, larger than the rest, is situated on the upper surface of the fossa navicularis; it is called the lacuna magna.
  • Usually she found herself alone in a kind of lacuna, with people moving aside to pass her by at a safe distance.
  • He's foppish, priapic and urbane, making the word 'lacuna' sound like a decadent holiday destination.
  • Yet, given this "lacuna," this amazing "gap" in his work, a deprivation much more serious than his want of "philosophy,"
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