vicinage

Example Sentences

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Defendant now contends that he is entitled to common, pour cause de vicinage.

From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel

Once more the Cathedral vicinage was undefiled by lay appropriation, but the Dean knew Mr. Swainson too well to rejoice.

From Laid up in Lavender by Weyman, Stanley J.

All my time was occupied in thinking how to fool the one and keep out of sight of the other till I could make escape from their immediate vicinage.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright

In our ascent, p. 135delightful views were obtained of the upper vale of Towey, stretching from Llandilo bridge to the vicinage of Llandovery. 

From A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire by Barber, J. T.

Under color of the authority of that office, and sustained by an armed band of adherents, he exercised despotic sway over the town and its vicinage.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace