Category:Vicinity

Vi*cin"i*ty, n. Etym: [l. vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, near, From vicus a row of houses, a village; akin to gr. v a house, vi 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.