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.
In the few years that she had lived here, a stranger herself, in some sort – not accustomed, as was her husband, to a lifelong vicinage to the pygmy burial-ground – she had developed no receptivity to that uncanny idea of a race of dwarfs.
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Vicinage — Vic i*nage (?; 48), n. [OF. veisinage, F. voisinage, from OF. veisin, F. voisin, neighboring, a neighbor, L. vicunus. See {Vicinity}.] The place or places adjoining or near; neighborhood; vicinity; as, a jury must be of the vicinage. To summon… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vicinage — vic·i·nage / vis ən ij/ n [Anglo French veisinage neighborhood, from veisin neighboring, from Old French, from Latin vicinus]: a particular vicinity or district: as a: the district in which a crime takes place and from which the accused is… … Law dictionary
vicinage — [vis′ə nij΄] n. [ME vesinage < MFr visenage < veisin, near < VL * vecinus, for L vicinus: see VICINITY] 1. VICINITY 2. the people living in a particular neighborhood … English World dictionary
vicinage — /vlsanaj/ Neighborhood; near dwelling; vicinity. In modern usage, it means the county or particular area where a trial is had, a crime committed, etc. At common law, accused had the right to be tried by jury of the neighborhood or vicinage, which … Black's law dictionary
vicinage — The area surrounding a particular place, especially the place where the cause of action is alleged to have arisen or where a crime is alleged to have been committed. 56 Am J1st Ven § 2. The neighborhood or vicinity. 31 Am J Rev ed Jury § 6. The… … Ballentine's law dictionary
vicinage — noun Etymology: Middle English vesinage, from Anglo French veisinage, from neighboring, from Vulgar Latin *vecinus, alteration of Latin vicinus Date: 14th century a neighboring or surrounding district ; vicinity … New Collegiate Dictionary
vicinage — /vis euh nij/, n. 1. the region near or about a place; vicinity. 2. a particular neighborhood or district, or the people belonging to it. 3. proximity. [1275 1325; < L vicin(us) near (see VICINITY) + AGE; r. ME vesinage < MF < L, as above] * * * … Universalium
vicinage — vic·i·nage || vɪsnɪdÊ’ / sɪn n. area; proximity; neighborhood … English contemporary dictionary
vicinage — [ vɪsɪnɪdʒ] noun chiefly N. Amer. another term for vicinity. Origin ME: from OFr. vis(e)nage, from an alt. of L. vicinus neighbour … English new terms dictionary
vicinage — n. Neighborhood, vicinity … New dictionary of synonyms
