0 an absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing
These theoretical lacunae become evident when one considers the remaining contributions to the volume, all of which examine indigenous responses to specific land policies.
However, skilful editing cannot quite conceal the notable lacunae within the book.
Previously, this lacuna had been filled by assuming static continuity in the character of settlement from late prehistory.
It is this lacuna that the book purports to fill.
The lacuna is especially daunting in state-building historiography.
The placement of the texts suggests shapes, pauses, lacunae, and probably a host of other modulations.
These traces - better yet, ' ' problems ' ' or ' ' lacunae ' ' - in language are the beginnings of the kind of ethics with which we are here concerned.
But these last two have their extensive lacunae so placed that comparison is almost impossible: where one has alleluias, the other is defective.