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vic·i·nage (vĭs'ə-nĭj)Etymology
Middle English vesinage, from Old French, from vesin, neighbouring, from Latin vīcīnus.Noun
- A surrounding
district; a neighbourhood
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- 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. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, c1850.
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- The people of a neighbourhood.
- The state of living in a neighbourhood; proximity.
- (Contemporary use in Law): the area where a crime was committed, a trial is being held, or the community from which jurors are drawn.
- defn English