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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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)
For many miles around, the vicinage presents a volcanic aspect, wild, barren, howlingly dreary.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
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.
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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