Obs. rare. [f. late L. adjacentia (see ADJACENCY) as if through Fr.; see -NCE.] The state or condition of lying near.
1605. Bacon, Adv. Learn., II. 30. Their adiacence to forreine or vnlike bodies.
1652. Urquhart, Jewel, Wks. 1834, 270. The Latines’ vicinity and neer adjacence to Rome.
1870. Smith, Syn. & Antonyms, Contact … Ant. Proximity, Adjacence.
