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/vəsˈɪnəti/ /vɪsˈɪnɪti/ Listen

noun

Vicinity n.

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."

That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood. "The vicinity of the sun."

Synonyms: Neighborhood; vicinage. See Neighborhood.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... of these chapels is peculiar. A hundred or a hundred and fifty ladies, almost buried in silk and velvet, are crowded devoutly about the confessional. A sweet scent of violets and vervain permeates the vicinity, and one halts, in spite of one's self, in the presence of this large ...

— Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Complete • Gustave Droz

... were readily cut by the boys from the trees in the vicinity and wood was collected for two fires. Over one the coffee was set to boil, and over the other the young folks proceeded to toast bacon. Rolls were provided in which to insert the crisp juicy morsels after toasting, and each ...

— Entertaining Made Easy • Emily Rose Burt

... although his eyes were lovely. As usual, sixteen implicitly acceded to the dictum of seventeen in such a matter, and said that he certainly was not nice. They then branched off on the relative merits of other clerical bachelors in the vicinity, and both determined without any feeling of jealousy between them that a certain Rev. Augustus Green was by many degrees the most estimable of the lot. The gentleman in question had certainly much in ...

— Barchester Towers • Anthony Trollope

... the Government departments," I said. "That enabled me to pass information on to Sergeant's men in the vicinity. It also gave me a good spot for ...

— The Man Who Played to Lose • Laurence Mark Janifer

... we had left behind for a rest also arrived, without adventure on the march. Cordova and his son at once set out on the trail of the Navajos, whom we reported to be in possession of their animals, to ascertain why they were in our vicinity. ...

— Captured by the Navajos • Charles A. Curtis

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