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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: propinquitas, from propinquus 'near'

propinquity

 noun
     
Related topics: Family
pro‧pin‧qui‧ty [uncountable + of/to]
formalSSF the fact of being near someone or something, or of being related to someone [= proximity]
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