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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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.
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 Murfree, Mary Noailles
Defendant now contends that he is entitled to common, pour cause de vicinage.
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel
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 Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)
We subsequently find that it is this sort of "Whitmania," rather than that Swinburne deplores, which pervades the vicinage of the poet's home.
From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)
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