"vicinage" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈvɪsɪnɪdʒ/ [UK] Forms: vicinages [plural]
Etymology: From Old French visnage, respelled to more closer match its Latin source vīcīnus (“neighbor”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|visnage}} Old French visnage, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|vīcīnus||neighbor}} vīcīnus (“neighbor”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} vicinage (plural vicinages)
  1. (now rare) A surrounding district; a neighbourhood. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-vicinage-en-noun-yD-D-vb9
  2. (now rare) The people of a neighbourhood. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-vicinage-en-noun-vZzXXz9T
  3. The state of living near something; proximity, closeness.
    Sense id: en-vicinage-en-noun-0VsIK04Y
  4. (British, US, law) The area where a crime was committed, a trial is being held, or the community from which jurors are drawn. Tags: British, US Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-vicinage-en-noun-v2xBu0DL Categories (other): American English, British English Topics: law
  5. (New Jersey, law) A geographical division of the New Jersey Superior Court, covering one or more counties, for judicial administration and the assignment of venue to an action within the Superior Court Tags: New-Jersey Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-vicinage-en-noun-k8u1W7h7 Categories (other): New Jersey English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 13 13 14 46 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 13 9 22 19 37 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: vicinity, vicinal

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1843, Bernard M— (of S—), A Dream of a Queen's Reign, page 4",
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