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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The latter piece, known as the vicinage clause, was included by the Framers not as a matter of convenience for jurors but rather to ensure that jurors were able to impart the values of the community in which they reside.
From Slate
District Court for New Jersey, Trenton Vicinage, comes three weeks after ADF attorneys sued Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on behalf of a chain of pro-life clinics to block his investigation into their business practices.
From Washington Times
Police say the man made his way up the Antrim Road towards Vicinage Park before he was picked up in a silver-coloured car.
From BBC
That a whole vicinage, when it had timely notice, should bind itself in a league to defeat the purpose of the inquisitors, as at Castelnaudary, must have been a frequent experience; that, sooner or later, despair should bring about a catastrophe like that of Avignonet was inevitable.
From Project Gutenberg
They halted in the forest of Gaiac, near Avignonet, where food was brought them, and they were joined by about thirty armed men of the vicinage, who waited with them till after nightfall.
From Project Gutenberg
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