Meanings
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1
noun
archaic or literary: the surrounding district or neighborhood
No physician practiced within the remote hamlet's vicinage.
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2
noun
the people who live in a particular neighborhood
News of the wedding soon spread through the whole vicinage.
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3
noun
the state of being near something; proximity
The mill's vicinage to the river made transport easier.
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4
noun
law: the locality where an offense occurred or the community from which a jury is drawn
The court selected jurors from the vicinage where the dispute arose.
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Etymology
From Old French visnage or voisinage, 'neighborhood,' later respelled under the influence of Latin vicinus, 'neighboring or near.' The suffix -age forms a collective or state noun. English developed senses for the district, its inhabitants, simple proximity, and the legally relevant local community.