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Vicinage (?; 48), n. [OF. veisinage, F. voisinage, from OF. veisin, F. voisin, neighboring, a neighbor, L. vicinus. See Vicinity.] The place or places adjoining or near; neighborhood; vicinity; as, a jury must be of the vicinage. “To summon the Protestant gentleman of the vicinage.” Macaulay.
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Civil war had broken up all the usual ties of vicinage and good neighborhood.
Sir W. Scott.
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