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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I might, of course, have waited for October to send Susan to a select private school in the vicinage, patronized by the little daughters of our more cautious families.
From The Book of Susan A Novel by Dodd, Lee Wilson
Some of the aquatic fowl of the vicinage are referred to in Longfellow's "Herons of Elmwood."
From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)
Martha Brown, the devoted servant of the family, accompanied him, and Nancy Wainwright, the Bront�s' nurse, died some years ago in Bradford workhouse: so every living vestige of the family has disappeared from the vicinage.
From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)
This government of every vicinage in its home affairs by itself, as originated in New England, and is now spread far and wide throughout the northern States, is the most beneficent achievement of American democracy.
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
And made its hated rival Lowville, two miles to its north, the county seat and chief village of the vicinage.
From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Hungerford, Edward
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