vicinage

[ vis-uh-nij ]

noun

1. the region near or about a place; vicinity.
2. a particular neighborhood or district, or the people belonging to it.
3. proximity.

vicinage

/ ˈvɪsənɪdʒ /

noun

1. the residents of a particular neighbourhood
2. a less common word for vicinity

Word History and Origins

Origin of vicinage¹

1275–1325; < Latin vīcīn ( us ) near ( vicinity ) + -age; replacing Middle English vesinage < Middle French < Latin, as above

Word History and Origins

Origin of vicinage¹

C14: from Old French vicenage, from vicin neighbouring, from Latin vīcīnus; see vicinity

Example Sentences

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

“And this is Jane Eyre? Are you coming from Millcote, and on foot? Yes—just one of your tricks: not to send for a carriage, and come clattering over street and road like a common mortal, but to steal into the vicinage of your home along with twilight, just as if you were a dream or a shade. What the deuce have you done with yourself this last month?”

From Literature

It was as still as a church on a week-day: the pattering rain on the forest leaves was the only sound audible in its vicinage.

From Literature

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

Related Words

• area
• block
• district
• parish
• part
• precinct
• region
• section
• street
• suburb
• territory
• zone