In*ter"stice (?; 277), n.; pl.
Interstices (#). [L. interstitium a pause,
interval; inter between + sistere to set, fr.
stare to stand: cf. F. interstice. See
Stand.]
1. That which intervenes between one thing
and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or
between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a
crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a
wall.
2. An interval of time; specifically (R.
C. Ch.), in the plural, the intervals which the canon law
requires between the reception of the various degrees of
orders.
Nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a
sin.
Addis & Arnold.