Vi*cin"i*ty (v&ibreve;*s&ibreve;n"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;; 277), n.
[L. vicinitas, from
vicinus neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses,
a village; akin to Gr. o'i^kos a house, Skr. vēça a house,
viç to enter, Goth. weihs town: cf. OF. vicinité. Cf. Diocese, Economy,
Parish, Vicinage, Wick a village.]
1. The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of
the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.
A vicinity of disposition and relative
tempers.
Jer. Taylor. 2. That which is
near, or not
remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood. "The
vicinity of the sun." Bentley.
Syn. -- Neighborhood; vicinage. See Neighborhood.
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