Hypertext Webster Gateway: "locality"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Locality \Lo*cal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Localitiees}. [L. localitas:
cf. F. localit['e].]
1. The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place,
or of being contained within definite limits.

It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of
quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing
to do with grosser locality. --Glanvill.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

locality
n : a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the
vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he
always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"
[syn: {vicinity}, {neighborhood}, {neighbourhood}]


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