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 ( see vicinity) + -age; replacing Middle English vesinage < Middle French < Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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For many miles around, the vicinage presents a volcanic aspect, wild, barren, howlingly dreary.
From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani
First impressions—A hero of the "Three Days"—Children's ball—Life in New-Orleans—A French supper—Omnibuses—Chartres-street at twilight—Calaboose—Guard-house—The vicinage of a theatre—French cafés—Scenes in the interior of a café—Dominos—Tobacco-smokers—New-Orleans society.
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Joseph Holt Ingraham
On the next block of the same street stood the home of Smollett,Smollett which was removed the year that Carlyle came to dwell in the vicinage.
From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe
This vicinage has been the delight of artists from the time of Gainsborough, and is still a favorite sketching ground: here lived Collins and Blake, and Constable dwelt not far away.
From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe
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 Mary Noailles Murfree
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