vicinage
Example Sentences
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Then I fastened myself upon the pictures, and those strange wreaths of withered leaves that waved between them, and whose searest hues befitted well their vicinage.
From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Sheppard, Elizabeth
Once more the Cathedral vicinage was undefined by lay appropriation, but the Dean knew Mr. Swainson too well to rejoice.
From For the Cause by Weyman, Stanley J.
And made its hated rival Lowville, two miles to its north, the county seat and chief village of the vicinage.
From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Hungerford, Edward
Defendant now contends that he is entitled to common, pour cause de vicinage.
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel
They halted in the forest of Gaiac, near Avignonet, where food was brought them, and they were joined by about thirty armed men of the vicinage, who waited with them till after nightfall.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
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