neighborhood (eigh as a), neighbourhede

[Eng. neighbor; -hood.] 1. The quality or state of being neighboring; the state of living or being situated near; vicinity. "Then the prison and the palace were in awful neigh . borhood."- Lytton : Rienzi , bk. x., ch. ix. 2. A place or locality near or adjacent; an adjoining district or locality; a vicinity. 3. Those who live in vicinity to each other; neighbors. "A stumbling-block before all the neighborhood ." South: Sermons , vol. v., ser. 12. 4. Friendly terms; amicablene ; neighborly rela tions, terms or offices. "There is a law of neighborhood which does not leave a man perfectly master on his own ground."-Burke: On a Regicide Peace , let. i. 5. A district or locality generally. neighbor-ing (eigh asā), a . [Eng. neighbor; -ing .] Situated or living near; adjacent, near, close. "The neighboring city of London." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xxiv.