vicinage
Americannoun
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the region near or about a place; vicinity.
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a particular neighborhood or district, or the people belonging to it.
noun
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the residents of a particular neighbourhood
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a less common word for vicinity
Etymology
Origin of vicinage
1275–1325; < Latin vīcīn ( us ) near ( vicinity ) + -age; replacing Middle English vesinage < Middle French < Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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Once more the Cathedral vicinage was undefiled by lay appropriation, but the Dean knew Mr. Swainson too well to rejoice.
From Laid up in Lavender by Weyman, Stanley J.
The "revenuers," he argued, too, never rode alone, as did this man, and spies and informers were generally of the vicinage.
From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles
It is communicated from one person to another by vicinage or by contact.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille
The conception of a pomœrium as a "vicinage attached to" a city, appears to be something quite novel and original.
From Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions by Huxley, Thomas H.
It made him look handsomer, he was so composed; it made his vicinage pleasant, it was so peace-restoring.
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
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